[Kde-accessibility] System tray with a keyboard?

[Dotan Cohen]

On 10/03/2008, Sebastian Sauer <mail at dipe.org> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
>  > How can I access the system tray application with the keyboard? I
>  > sometimes need to open Amarok or Kopete, which sit in the system tray
>  > but not in the task bar so I cannot Alt-Tab into them. Right-clicking
>  > the KPowerSave icon to suspend to RAM is something that I'd like to be
>  > able to do with the keyboard as well.
>
>
> Open "System Settings" and choose there under "Keyboard and Mouse"
>  the "Keyboard Shortcuts" (in KControl it's under "Regional & Accessibility").
>  There you are able to define Command Shortcuts for Applications. If you assign
>  e.g. F1 to Amarok then pressing F1 will either start and show the Amarok
>  window or if already started and hidden e.g. in the systray, bring it to
>  front.
>

While that is a good solution specific to Amarok, what I really need
to know is how to access the system tray apps in a general sense,
without anticipating in advance what I may or may not need. Or is the
mouse the only way to control system tray applications?

Dotan Cohen

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