Bug 422922

Summary:	Change dropdown list to select audio source to combobox icon and static text
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	soee <kontakt>
Component:	Media Player widget	Assignee:	Kai Uwe Broulik <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate, niccolo.venerandi, plasma-bugs-null, uhhadd
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.19.0
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	5.21
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Audio applet before changes. Audio applet after changes.

Description soee 2020-06-13 15:05:54 UTC

At the moment media controls widgets in systray renders dropdown menu to select the audio source that should be used to present data for.

My suggestion is it replace this dropdown menu with by adding footer section where single icon will be rendered as a combobox to select source and the selected source name will be rendered as a static text next to this icon.

I have attached image that shows the concept.

Comment 1 soee 2020-06-13 15:06:17 UTC

Created attachment 129315 [details]
Audio applet before changes.

Comment 2 soee 2020-06-13 15:07:00 UTC

Created attachment 129316 [details]
Audio applet after changes.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2020-06-13 16:50:21 UTC

Oh, that's a great idea!

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2021-02-24 19:33:39 UTC

We ended up using a tab bar in the Plasma 5.21 redesign.