Bug 310890 - kde acitivities prevent certain qt applications from performing as intended.
Summary: kde acitivities prevent certain qt applications from performing as intended.
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: plasma4
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: activities (show other bugs)
Version: 4.9.3
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2012-11-29 18:49 UTC by sahinsureyya
Modified: 2018-06-08 19:48 UTC (History)
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Description sahinsureyya 2012-11-29 18:49:01 UTC
I recently decided on using acitivities in my desktop, however I soon met the following problem.

When I use a qt application in my desktop, I realize it is not integrating well to the activities. As an example, I am not able to use the features of goldendict (which does not have a good alternative now) with kde activities.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a qt program, e.g. goldendict and set it to close and stay in the system tray. 
2. Open it in an activity. Close it back so that it stays in system tray.
3. Switch to another activity and try to reach goldendict again by clicking to its tray icon.
Actual Results:  
You will not able to see that goldendict opens in the current acitivity. If you switch back to the previous acitivity where you initially opened goldendict, you will see that the program actually opens there.

Expected Results:  
I would expect that when I open the goldendict from the system tray, I would see it in the current activity; not in the acitivity where I initially opened goldendict. This behaviour trims quiete a number of features of a program like goldendict and makes it inconvenient to use with activities.

There are similar problems with clementine music player, which I am not sure whether it is qt based or kde based.

In my opinion, system tray programs should not be related to activities. Any program which runs in the system tray should be reached from any activity.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2018-06-08 19:48:04 UTC
Hello!

This bug report was filed for KDE Plasma 4, which reached end-of-support status in August 2015. KDE Plasma 5's desktop shell has been almost completely rewritten for better performance and usability, so it is likely that this bug is already resolved in Plasma 5.

Accordingly, we hope you understand why we must close this bug report. If the issue described  here is still present in KDE Plasma 5.12 or later, please feel free to open a new ticket in the "plasmashell" product after reading https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Bug_Reporting

If you would like to get involved in KDE's bug triaging effort so that future mass bug closes like this are less likely, please read https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved#Bug_Triaging

Thanks for your understanding!

Nate Graham