Run in background

[camrant]

Is it possible to change properties for any program to run in the background and show an icon in with the other apps running on the tool bar in kde?
Certain apps like ktorrent when you click the x do not actually close but go to the toolbar, not as the currently open windows but more as a background process.

Can this be achieved with any app of my choosing?

[Zorael]

You can start an app with 'ksystraycmd', but it doesn't seem to work with all apps. Konsole seems to end up in the task manager no matter what I do.

$ ksystraycmd firefox &
So if you just edit your shortcuts and add ksystraycmd to the start of them, it should (hopefully work).

$ ksystraycmd --help
Usage: ksystraycmd [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] command

Allows any application to be kept in the system tray

Generic options:
--help Show help about options
--help-qt Show Qt specific options
--help-kde Show KDE specific options
--help-all Show all options
--author Show author information
-v, --version Show version information
--license Show license information
-- End of options

Arguments:
command Command to execute

Options:
--window <regexp> A regular expression matching the window title
If you do not specify one, then the very first window
to appear will be taken - not recommended.
--wid <int> The window id of the target window
Specifies the id of the window to use. If the id starts with 0x
it is assumed to be in hex.
--hidden Hide the window to the tray on startup
--startonshow Wait until we are told to show the window before
executing the command
--tooltip <text> Sets the initial tooltip for the tray icon
--keeprunning Keep the tray icon even if the client exits. This option
has no effect unless startonshow is specified.
--ownicon Use ksystraycmd's icon instead of the window's icon in the systray
(should be used with --icon to specify ksystraycmd icon)
--ontop Try to keep the window above other windows
--quitonhide Quit the client when we are told to hide the window.
This has no effect unless startonshow is specified and implies keeprunning.
Maybe konsole just needs to be supplemented with a --window option.