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SysTray-Icon-size

Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:24 pm
Hello, guys!

I'm new. I've looked for solutions on google, here on this Forum and so on...
I found no solution.

My problem:
I'm using Arch Linux with KDE connected on TV. 'Cause of this I've set icon- and fontsize higher. All is working without extra-symbols in the tray, like Pidgin, Dropbox and so on. (What I exactly mean, you can see on this screenshot: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/939 ... alsize.png )
Icons like sound and network are correct resized, if I change the panal-size, but not the program-icons. What can I do to fix this?


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Re: SysTray-Icon-size

Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:26 pm
Due to legacy specifications, it is impossible to change the size of system tray icons. This is outside the control of KDE. The original specification was agreed to in the 80's or 90's, and fixes the size of system tray icons to 32x32 pixels.

A newer specification is used by KDE applications which allows Plasma to freely draw the system tray icons itself - and thus specify an appropriate size for them. Unfortunately GNOME applications do not use the new specification.


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Re: SysTray-Icon-size

Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:18 am
If I understand correctly, you're saying, the programs, I'm using give KDE Icons, which can noch be sized, 'cause they're comming from GNOME and so they weren't got these fix?

I'm sorry. I'm not natevly speaking english, so I'm not hundred percent shur, you've said, what I understand. Pardon me.


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Re: SysTray-Icon-size

Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:03 pm
Can you please provide a list of all the applications which are affected? In the case of Dropbox and Pidgin at least, neither uses the new specification - so regardless of who provides the icon, it cannot be resized.

All KDE applications however have been converted to the new specification - so their icons can be displayed in a proper size by Plasma Desktop.


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Re: SysTray-Icon-size

Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:05 am
I'm sorry. Only applications, which I've used, like Thunderbird, Pidigin and DB.
So on probably FireFox, too. But I haven't tested it in the tray. It was bound on the panel, where open windows are listed if they ar not opened. On the pic, down there, you can see, Dolphin in the window bar is also not resized. KGet in the traybar is rezised...
You can check a box in the window panel, to hold the icon on this part of the panel, if the app isn't running.
MFF was as this symbol as small as thunderbird (and so on). BUT: If I add it as a app-start-icon, it get correctly sized, how you see it right next to the Arch-A-Kickoff-Appstarter.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/939 ... Ic_W_T.png

But I can't make icons for the tray...


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Re: SysTray-Icon-size  Topic is solved

Wed Feb 26, 2014 3:11 am
The "Window Bar" (known as the Window Decoration) is provided by KWin - you'll need to change that height separately.
Those applications all have one thing in common - they're Gtk based, and therefore use the legacy specification. Nothing can be done for those system tray icons i'm afraid.

The "Dolphin" icon appears to be a launcher of some kind - is Dolphin started when it is clicked? If so, close Dolphin, remove it and then try adding Dolphin back there again to try to force reinitializing the size of the icon.


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Re: SysTray-Icon-size

Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:03 pm
With updates some icons were correct sized. It come with time.

Thank you for your help! :-)


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