How to restore accidentally deleted system tray Desktop Settings icon?

[Clay Weber]

On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 12:42:02 AM Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:55:24 -0500, Clay Weber wrote:
> > On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 09:02:01 PM Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> >> In Kubuntu 12.10 I accidentally deleted Desktop Settings icon from the
> >> system tray.
> >> 
> >> I've tried to delete the entire panel and then to add a new Default
> >> panel but it also came without the deleted Desktop Settings icon.
> >> 
> >> Is there a way to get the thing back?
> > 
> > I am not clear by what you mean for the "Desktop Settings" icon in the
> > system tray. The system tray settings are accessed  by right-clicking on
> > the little arrow there, You can enable/disable and hide/show certain
> > entries, but I see no choice for "Desktop Settings"
> 
> Look at this image http://imagebin.org/243875 here.
> 
> The icon I'm talking about is the very first icon in the system tray
> starting from left.  It is a dark blue square icon. I actually did not
> know the name of it and booted into my openSUSE to find it out.
> 
> Not that I badly need it but rather looking to restore it for learning
> sake. BTW in openSUSE it is presented but does nothing when clicked.

That is not part of the system tray, it is the Show Desktop widget (minimizes 
all open windows to show the desktop). You can get it back by right clicking 
on the panel somewhere, select panel options and go to the Add Widgets tool, 
search for show desktop, then drag that to your panel somewhere.

The panel is actually a holder for various things, such as the kickoff icon, 
the taskbar, the system tray, and clock - all being separate plasma widgets.

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