Bug 514449 - Use different icon for disconnected state
Summary: Use different icon for disconnected state
Status: NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Weather widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2026-01-11 10:44 UTC by BANO
Modified: 2026-01-14 17:00 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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screenshot of wifi being disconnected, battary, dropdown control and weather widget being unable to connect (4.77 KB, image/png)
2026-01-14 16:48 UTC, BANO
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Description BANO 2026-01-11 10:44:08 UTC
SUMMARY
When laptop is offline both wifi status and weather widget are showing crossed wifi icon. This is misleading because for the ones who want to connect to wifi and click on weather widget instead.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have a laptop
2. Have System Tray widget with Weather widget
3. Turn off wifi

OBSERVED RESULT
Both System Tray and Weather have it

EXPECTED RESULT
Only System Tray should have distinct wifi disconnected icon so that one can easily click it to configure

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2026-01-12 19:35:07 UTC
The icon used in the weather widget is "network-disconnect" which doesn't look like a wifi icon, at least with the Breeze icon theme.

Can you attach a screenshot of how they both look on your panel when this happens?

Are you using a 3rd-party icon theme?
Comment 2 BANO 2026-01-14 16:48:20 UTC
Created attachment 188526 [details]
screenshot of wifi being disconnected, battary, dropdown control and weather widget being unable to connect
Comment 3 BANO 2026-01-14 17:00:30 UTC
I do see where you're coming from with this. I indeed use custom icons theme: YAMIS <https://bitbucket.org/dirn-typo/yet-another-monochrome-icon-set/src/main/>. In breeze there is a phone plug or something. Still using the same visual metaphore as network widget.

But I still would argue that it's better for the Weather widget to use icons different from other generic system icons which will inevitably be shown side by side.

Tray widgets don't have the benefit of having their own context and clearly visible borders of such context as apps do. In the tray they are in the same context and borders, thus operating in the same "status" plane.