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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Hide kmix window when started though kmilo
From:       David Jarvie <lists () astrojar ! org ! uk>
Date:       2005-05-27 18:46:26
Message-ID: 200505271946.27947.lists () astrojar ! org ! uk
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> On Wednesday 25 May 2005 09:07, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > Right now, when kmilo starts kmix because you pressed the multimedia keys
> > volumeUp, volumeDown or volumeMute and kmix was not already started, it
> > places kmix in the system tray and minimizes the kmix window. I find this
> > bad for the "user experience" as what i wanted to do was change the 
volume,
> > why i got a new window?
> >
> > The attached patch makes the window be hidden, so you still get the kmix
> > system tray icon (a minor bad). What do you think?
> 
> I totally agree with you. KMix shouldn't open a new window nor place a 
systray
> icon just because you changed the volume level using the keyboard.
> Your patch seems OK to me.
> 
> Would it be posible to find a way to get rid of the systray icon because of
> this? Maybe leaving KMix running as a daemon with kded?

Actually, if KMix is configured to not be docked in the system tray, it *will* 
be completely hidden from the panel using hide(). But is it a good idea to 
have it running with no indication in the taskbar or system tray?

Cheers,
David.
KAlarm author.
 
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