| Summary: | Improve the ease-of-use for creating Wifi hotspots | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] plasma-nm | Reporter: | Matej Mrenica <matejm98mthw> |
| Component: | applet | Assignee: | Jan Grulich <jgrulich> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | nate, postix |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | usability |
| Version: | 5.17.1 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | unspecified | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | https://commits.kde.org/plasma-nm/5e55e45d8794eb6c4840b2916e723177c18cd695 | Version Fixed In: | 5.18.0 |
| Attachments: |
Screenshot from W10 (not mine)
Mockup |
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Created attachment 124877 [details]
Mockup
I created a quick and dirty mockup:
1) Third checkbox to activate the hotspot
2) The hotspot got its own icon
3) A config button next to the checkbox for the name, password, etc.
4) A list of actively connected clients
More information about the clients could be displayed like for the other connections too, if one clicks on an entry.
Jan submitted a patch BTW: https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392 Git commit 5e55e45d8794eb6c4840b2916e723177c18cd695 by Jan Grulich.
Committed on 15/01/2020 at 11:53.
Pushed by grulich into branch 'master'.
Add option to easily configure and start a hotspot
Summary:
This adds a simple checkbox, which will create and stop hotspot. Hotspot can be also
configured from the KCM, where users can choose a name and password.
{F7857835}
Reviewers: #plasma, ngraham, #vdg, apol
Reviewed By: #vdg, apol
Subscribers: meven, cblack, alexde, mthw, apol, plasma-devel
Tags: #plasma
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392
M +71 -6 applet/contents/ui/Toolbar.qml
M +32 -0 kcm/kcm.cpp
M +56 -2 kcm/qml/ConfigurationDialog.qml
M +4 -0 kcm/qml/main.qml
M +6 -0 kded/networkmanagement.notifyrc
M +96 -9 libs/configuration.cpp
M +14 -0 libs/configuration.h
M +1 -0 libs/declarative/enabledconnections.h
M +183 -0 libs/handler.cpp
M +15 -1 libs/handler.h
M +11 -0 libs/models/networkmodel.cpp
https://commits.kde.org/plasma-nm/5e55e45d8794eb6c4840b2916e723177c18cd695
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Created attachment 123416 [details] Screenshot from W10 (not mine) SUMMARY ...like Windows 10 does. Meaning there would be one button that starts a hotspot with a default name and password, without aditional config needed. Current solution isn't very intuitive as it requires: 1. adding a shared wifi connection 2. setting a name and a password 3. clicking connect as if I was connecting to a Wifi which is confusing Ideally, number of connected devices and/or their names could also be shown.