Re: [E-devel] i-tray apps jump out of i-tray onto desktop - howto get them back in the tray?

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On 05/29/2010 01:06 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Guys,
>
> 	I recall this being an issue about a year ago, then I thought I recall it
> getting better, now it appears to be back. Specifically, apps that normally
> minimize to the sys-tray instead of the i-box are jumping out of the i-tray and
> onto the desktop in the far top-left corner.
>
> 	One example is basket (Basket Notepads - the world's greatest 2nd brain...)
> When basket first starts, you see a white rectangle in the i-tray where the
> basket icon should be. The white rectangle is flickering like video is being
> played in the i-tray (looks like ~30 FPS -- sorry no screenshot here) After
> using basket and clicking close, which normally minimizes the app to the tray, I
> noticed a new small window in the top-left corner of the screen. See:
>
> http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/e/e17/basket-jumps-out-of-tray1.jpg
>
>      here is a close-up of the window itself:
>
> http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/e/e17/basket-zoom.jpg
>
>      sometimes when it jumps out (usually if the app is restarted after being
> closed earlier in the same session) you get no window border at all:
>
> http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/e/e17/basket-jumps-out-of-tray3.jpg
>
> 	That thing covering the 'Home' icon or just to its left, is actually a complete
> window with the little basket 'program icon' 'on top' of the window frame
> (..tray1.jpg screenshot) --and-- with the basket 'sys-tray' icon as the window
> background. If I click in the window, it does just what a sys-tray is supposed
> to do and opens basket back up. It's just very lost for some reason and I can't
> make it find its way back home :p
>
> 	I don't know if this is important, but when the tray items are minimized to the
> tray, they are not shown in the window-list. After the apps jump ship, they are
> shown in the window list:
>
> http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/e/e17/basket-jumps-out-of-tray2.jpg
>
> 	Now this is probably just the natural result of the bug (creating a new window
> on the desktop) opposed to this behavior being related to the bug itself.
>
> 	Let me know what I need to do. Do you want me to send more info, run more
> tests, etc..? If so, what? If you want me to submit is as a new task, I'm happy
> to do it, just let me know. Thanks for any thoughts you may have on theses
> wayward tray icons.
>
> 	Note basket is the app that does this on the most regular basis ~ 90% of the
> time, but other apps do the same thing, just less often -- dunno?
>

This is just a problem with most kde-3 applications, which followed 
their own kde-3 systray specification. kde-4 applications and gtk 
applications which follow proper systray specs work fine even with 
multiple e17 restarts.

So, the problem is not in e17: it is in the application (basket in your 
case).