System Tray Operation
KAlarm by default displays an icon in the system tray. The icon provides both control and an alarm monitoring status indication. A normal KAlarm icon indicates that alarms are being monitored, while a grey icon indicates that alarms are not being monitored.
If you hover the mouse cursor over the system tray icon, a summary of the first few message alarms due in the next 24 hours are displayed as a tooltip. You can switch this feature off, or configure the number of alarms to display and their format, in the Configuration dialogue.
click on the system tray icon to toggle between displaying and hiding the KAlarm main window.
click on the system tray icon to display its context menu:
Enables or disables monitoring of alarms.
See Enabling and Disabling Alarms for details.
After you select the alarm type from the list which appears, opens the Alarm Edit dialogue to create a new alarm.
Displays the list of alarm templates in a menu. When you select one, the Alarm Edit dialogue is opened, preset with that template's details.
Displays the KAlarm Configuration dialogue.
The Configuration dialogue is described in Configuring KAlarm. It includes options relating to the KAlarm system tray icon.
Restores or minimises the main KAlarm window.
Closes the KAlarm system tray icon and main windows.
Quits KAlarm if no alarm message windows are displayed.
You must be running the KDE desktop or another suitable window manager in order to display KAlarm in the system tray.
To display KAlarm in the system tray, select ->.
To remove KAlarm from the system tray, deselect ->.
To choose whether or not KAlarm will be shown at startup in the system tray, use the View tab of the Configuration dialogue.
