Pidgin 1:2.5.5 does not quit on Buddy List close when system tray icon is disabled - it will live in the indicator-applet instead.
Bug #360118 reported by
TenLeftFingers
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #353112: inhibit exit if the indicator is present.
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: pidgin
On launching Pidgin, the indicator applet shows an envelope and the FUSA shows me as online. This is fine.
However, when I want to quit Pidgin, I close all windows. But the indicator applet is still there and my status is still onliine. SystemMonitor shows that Pidgin is still running.
Clicking the "Buddies" menu shows a "Quit" option, but it is grayed out so I can't select this either.
The current workaround I have is to enable "Show icon in system tray" in the preferences. I can quit from here.
The user should be able to exit the application more easily than this.
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| Jeffrey Hearn (cowbellemoo) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| summary: |
- [Jaunty] Cannot quit Pidgin with default preferences. + Pidgin 1:2.5.5 does not quit on Buddy List close when system tray icon + is disabled - it will live in the indicator-applet instead. |
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| Jeffrey Hearn (cowbellemoo) wrote | #2 |
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In Pidgin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8 I was able to confirm that closing the Buddie List window does not shut down Pidgin even when the system tray icon preference is set to "never." The indicator-applet (envelope) icon remains, pidgin is still running, and the FUSA shows the user as available. Left-clicking the indicator applet lets you bring back the Buddy List. I was not able to confirm the "Quit" option on the buddy list as being greyed-out, however.
Explicitly selecting Quit from either a right-click of the system try icon (when enabled) or from the Buddy List menu are the only ways to exit Pidgin. I think the expected behavior would be for Pidgin to quit when the Buddy List window is closed if the system tray icon option is set to 'never.' It only makes sense for the program to remain running if the buddy list window is closed is if either of the system tray options are enabled ('mail notification' and 'always on').