Bug 416322

Summary:	No simple way to remove unwanted "available devices"
Product:	[Unmaintained] Bluedevil	Reporter:	arne anka <kde-bugs>
Component:	system tray	Assignee:	David Rosca <nowrep>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, nicolas.fella
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	5.14.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian unstable
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/bluedevil/commit/de1681fbe2ed6ca502c72c2fe78bcd3df91ca332	Version Fixed In:	5.20.5
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Description arne anka 2020-01-16 09:44:13 UTC

I work in a larger office area where there are a lot of bluetooth devices around, the majority with bt enabled either because the owners do not care or because they don't know about it.

a) Thus, pairing a new device is frequently a hassle, since the new device I am looking for is drowned in a lot of devices I am not interested in.
b) After finding and successfully pairing, all those other devices still occupy the list of "available devices" in the systray popup.

There is no easy way to get rid of all those devices, I cannot select them all and remove them at once, but I have to select each and every one, hit the "-" button, confirm the "are you sure" dialog and proceed to the next entry.
Seeing that there are dozens of devices around, an impossible task.

I propose to
1) allow batch removal of devices from the list
2) keep track of those removed devices and do not list them again
3) provide a button to show all those previously removed devices again

Item 2) would resolve the hassle described in a).
Item 3) would allow for previously removed devices to be paired later on, if need arises

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-04-13 19:46:09 UTC

Maybe after removing a device, it should move to a third section titled "hidden devices" that defaults to a collapsed state.

Comment 2 Nicolas Fella 2020-12-01 00:19:41 UTC

Kind of duplicate of https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=422383 which also complains about unwanted devices

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2020-12-06 15:39:32 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/bluedevil/-/merge_requests/26

Comment 4 Nicolas Fella 2020-12-07 19:37:24 UTC

Git commit b4ba0dae5c4f3a15c180b35aa5f96263b7843c2a by Nicolas Fella.
Committed on 07/12/2020 at 19:37.
Pushed by nicolasfella into branch 'master'.

Show only paired devices in KCM and applet

Currently only paired/known devices are shown initially. Once the user starts the
wizard we enter discover mode and all newly found devices are added to
the model and thus the applet and KCM. When the KCM is closed and opened
again only the paired devices.

To avoid this filter out unpaired devices in the ProxyModel that is used
by the applet and KCM.
Related: bug 422383

M  +6    -0    src/applet/plugin/devicesproxymodel.cpp
M  +1    -0    src/applet/plugin/devicesproxymodel.h

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/bluedevil/commit/b4ba0dae5c4f3a15c180b35aa5f96263b7843c2a

Comment 5 Nicolas Fella 2020-12-07 19:39:12 UTC

Git commit de1681fbe2ed6ca502c72c2fe78bcd3df91ca332 by Nicolas Fella.
Committed on 07/12/2020 at 19:38.
Pushed by nicolasfella into branch 'Plasma/5.20'.

Show only paired devices in KCM and applet

Currently only paired/known devices are shown initially. Once the user starts the
wizard we enter discover mode and all newly found devices are added to
the model and thus the applet and KCM. When the KCM is closed and opened
again only the paired devices.

To avoid this filter out unpaired devices in the ProxyModel that is used
by the applet and KCM.
Related: bug 422383
(cherry picked from commit b4ba0dae5c4f3a15c180b35aa5f96263b7843c2a)

M  +6    -0    src/applet/plugin/devicesproxymodel.cpp
M  +1    -0    src/applet/plugin/devicesproxymodel.h

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/bluedevil/commit/de1681fbe2ed6ca502c72c2fe78bcd3df91ca332