Almost all apps that include a minimize to sys-tray option show up in the sys-tray always or include an option to do so. This way the app can be minimized to tray not just by pressing close but also by pressing on the sys-tray icon. (like telegram for example) To make the best music player on KDE even better pls add an option to always show tray icon and let user toggle the state by clicking it. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open Elisa Settings 2. Activate Sys-tray icon when window is closed OBSERVED RESULT sys-tray icon only shows when closed EXPECTED RESULT add another option below the sys-tray activation that activates the sys-tray icon always.
after reporting found this bug from 2021: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=434560 with a potential fix already, wondering why that was not applied.
Probably because the author never responded to the request to submit it in the right place. :( I can look into doing it myself at some point. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 434560 ***