[Bug 157729] New: System tray in the corner (wish)

[Alexander Rødseth]

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           Summary: System tray in the corner (wish)
           Product: plasma
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: panel-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: alexanro pvv ntnu no


Version:            (using KDE 4.0.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Hi,

I use the wonderful FVWM2, on which I've spent far too much time configuring to perfectly match my tastes, to be easily abandoned (and it has unique features).
Luckily, KDE4 supports the KDEWM environment variable, which lets me do KDEWM=fvwm2. This is great!

However, sometimes I need a system tray in KDE4. A few years ago I used "kicker" standalone, just to get the system tray. Lightweight applications like "trayer" also work fine for this purpose. The modularity of Plasma makes it a prime canidate for being my next favorite system tray, combined with FVWM2. For this reason alone, I'm a big fan of Plasma (even though vector grahpics is cool too).

So, my wish is that KDE4/Plasma would take the system-tray experience one step further from the traditional "tray in a big panel" approach. That it would revolutionize the previous notions of system-trays and make energetic synergi effects pop up like firework everywhere! The thing I dream of is...

The KDE4 Plasma system-tray-corner!

Something that looked a bit like the plasma widget in the upper right corner where you can add new widgets, would be great.
If it could be skinned, moved around to a corner of my choice and be auto-hidden, it would be perfect!

Thanks.