Fwd: [Bug 75289] New: Hidding windows on system tray while a window is on-top

[Lubos Lunak]

On Monday 16 of February 2004 22:45, George Staikos wrote:
> On Monday 16 February 2004 12:18, Lubos Lunak wrote:
> >  Hello,
> >
> >  whoever was the person to decide what clicking on KSystemTray's icon
> > should do with the mainwindow, please decide again. The current way
> > apparently doesn't quite work (the code tries to raise the window because
> > it finds out it's obscured, but the window cannot be raised above windows
> > kept on top).
>
>   We need a solution for always-on-top windows then, not a new solution.

 Ok. Any volunteers for finding the solution?

> The previous solution was completely unusable because clicks on tray icons
> resulted in no visible effect sometimes.

 While the current solution is not completely unusable because clicks on tray 
icons result in no visible effect sometimes ... oops.

> I guess with always-on-top 
> windows people just have to live with this, but they shouldn't be subject
> to it in all cases.

 I guess this whole systray thing needs a complete overhaul. If something so 
small and simple has dozens of stupid problems, there's probably a problem 
somewhere.

-- 
Lubos Lunak
KDE developer
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