The current behavior is because it was by design, as per the old design document at <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bluetooth#Indicator_and_menu>: "When Bluetooth is on, the indicator icon should appear in the status bar. When Bluetooth is off, to save space the Bluetooth indicator should not be present at all."
Unless there is a better / more current document I should refer to, it looks like the latest available spec for the Bluetooth indicator is in https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/1OyHUg_uUfmhDNa- 9UrMc1tZ_eH_99PEU_V2l1YFA1UY/edit# on page 17. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to indicator-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1285951 Title: bluetooth indicator disappears after turning off bluetooth Status in “indicator-bluetooth” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Although bug 1126108 is marked as "Fix released", my indicator- bluetooth icon disappears after I use it to turn bluetooth off. See the attached animated gif. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-bluetooth 0.0.6+13.10.20131016-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-17.31-generic 3.11.10.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Feb 27 22:37:17 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-12 (411 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-bluetooth UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-23 (127 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-bluetooth/+bug/1285951/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp