Hidden panel icons

[Waleed Hamra]

On 26 May 2011 13:22, Neil Winchurst <barnaby at drofle.co.uk> wrote:
> Using KDE 4.6. On the panel there is a small icon to bring up a list of
> hidden icons. Fine. I can add an icon to the panel from the menu easily
> enough. However when I do that it appears as a normal icon on the panel.
>
> What I am wondering is how to add an icon from the menu to the hidden icons
> panel. This would then mean that I would have to click on the hidden icons
> arrow to see it as part of the hidden icons list. It would not show as part
> of the normal panel.
>
> Hope I have made myself clear. Can anyone tell me how I add an icon from the
> menu to the hidden icons panel instead of the normal viewable panel?
>
> Thanks
>
> Neil
>

if i understand you correctly, you are talking about the little icons
to the right side of the bottom panel (by default, location
configurable of course). if that's the one, this is the system tray
widget, which contains icons of running applications, and various
system tray widgets inside it, like the weather forecast for example.
to add widgets to it, make sure widgets are unlocked, then right click
on the system tray, and click settings. i'm not at my computer now,
but one of the tabs has a list of widgets to be added to the system
tray, add whichever you want :)
i removed the weather forecast few months ago when it was causing
logout crashes... took me a while how to add it back, like you said, i
kept adding it from the usual "add widgets" window, but that made it a
regular big widget that doesnt fit in the system tray... a lot of
googling (back then, yes a LOT was needed) till i found out that KDE
now has this special window for system tray widgets.