The icons in the systray applet do not scale with the panel in 4.3-beta. Thus only part of the icons in the tray is seen when the panel is made smaller 32 pixels. The frame does scale correctly, but apperently does not set the size for the icons within. Steps to reproduce 1. Add the systray applet to the panel 2. Start some application that has a systray icon like gaim (with plugin) 3. Vary the panel size from very small to very big What happens is that the icons remain the same size, while the frame scales with the panel. What should have happened is that the icons scale with the frame and the panel. Also it seems that the icons render the panel background differently than the surrounding frame, this makes the system tray look inconsistent with the rest of the panel.
this sounds like it relates to a problem with the BMPx system tray icon. the icon works fine when the panel is shown horizontally but when vertical the icon is only a few pixels in size and scaling the panel doesn't change the icon. changing the orientation of the panel AFTER BMPx is started (from vertical to horizontal and back) fixes it.
Should be fixed in trunk. Please re-open if you still have problems.