Bug 517060 - Add master category visibility toggles to System Tray settings
Summary: Add master category visibility toggles to System Tray settings
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 362077
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: System Tray widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: master
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2026-03-04 01:33 UTC by Prod_EGO
Modified: 2026-03-04 21:21 UTC (History)
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Description Prod_EGO 2026-03-04 01:33:39 UTC
The Problem: Many users like to separate their core system functions (Network, Volume, Bluetooth) from their third-party background applications (Steam, Discord, Nextcloud) by using two separate system trays on different panels. Currently, achieving this requires manually going into the "Entries" settings of both trays and hiding/showing every individual item one by one. Whenever a new background app is installed, the user has to repeat this process.

The Solution: Add master visibility toggles for the broader categories inside the "Entries" tab: specifically a master toggle for "System Controls" and a master toggle for "Applications". This would allow a user to instantly configure a tray to act strictly as a background app catcher with a single click, rather than micromanaging individual tray items constantly.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2026-03-04 21:21:46 UTC
At its core, what you want to do is manage system functionality separately from icons from apps, right? Baaaaaaasically a duplicate of Bug 362077 which requests more or less the same thing.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 362077 ***