[Bug 310890] New: kde acitivities prevent certain qt applications from performing as intended.

[sahinsureyya at yahoo.ca]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310890

            Bug ID: 310890
          Severity: normal
           Version: 4.9
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
           Summary: kde acitivities prevent certain qt applications from
                    performing as intended.
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: sahinsureyya at yahoo.ca
          Hardware: Ubuntu Packages
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: general
           Product: kde

I recently decided on using acitivities in my desktop, however I soon met the
following problem.

When I use a qt application in my desktop, I realize it is not integrating well
to the activities. As an example, I am not able to use the features of
goldendict (which does not have a good alternative now) with kde activities.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a qt program, e.g. goldendict and set it to close and stay in the
system tray. 
2. Open it in an activity. Close it back so that it stays in system tray.
3. Switch to another activity and try to reach goldendict again by clicking to
its tray icon.
Actual Results:  
You will not able to see that goldendict opens in the current acitivity. If you
switch back to the previous acitivity where you initially opened goldendict,
you will see that the program actually opens there.

Expected Results:  
I would expect that when I open the goldendict from the system tray, I would
see it in the current activity; not in the acitivity where I initially opened
goldendict. This behaviour trims quiete a number of features of a program like
goldendict and makes it inconvenient to use with activities.

There are similar problems with clementine music player, which I am not sure
whether it is qt based or kde based.

In my opinion, system tray programs should not be related to activities. Any
program which runs in the system tray should be reached from any activity.

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