How can I double-click on a system tray application?

Desktop Environments Plasma
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Recent install, running on defaults (KDE Plasma, Wayland), fully updated.

I’ve noticed this issue with both Steam and Dropbox system tray icons, but I’m sure other application might have the same issue.

Basically, the behavior I’m getting is this:

  • Left-click: opens the menu
  • Right-click: also opens the menu (?)
  • Double-lick: quickly opens and closes the menu, effectively useless

I expect to be able to double-click the Steam icon to open Steam, and to double-click the Dropbox icon to open the Dropbox folder. I’ve searched for anything related to this on the system tray settings, but it was pretty bare and didn’t seem to have what I need. How can I fix this?

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Why do you expect it to work that way? Isn’t the behavior of the tray icon defined by the application itself?

I just tested it on several different DEs and the steam tray icon always behaves the same way.

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move it to dock or desktop? panels have applets, technically. vernacular on my part? never ever used kde. just 2 cents

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Well, that’s just not how it works. The system tray icons are designed that way, most likely by the app developers.

There’s nothing to “fix”.

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Can you post a screenshot of where you’re trying to click and your current DE layout. System tray is like the tray found in the bottom right of windows, it sounds like what you want is an app launcher widget or a taskbar widget with a pinned app.