| Summary: | Visually differentiate the icons of playing vs non-playing apps | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] plasmashell | Reporter: | Brand <cw> |
| Component: | Media Player widget | Assignee: | Kai Uwe Broulik <kde> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | nate, nicolas.fella, plasma-bugs-null |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | usability |
| Version First Reported In: | master | ||
| Target Milestone: | 1.0 | ||
| Platform: | Neon | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
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Created attachment 136894 [details]
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Maybe it would make sense to add an icon overlay to the active ones instead? (In reply to Nicolas Fella from comment #2) > Maybe it would make sense to add an icon overlay to the active ones instead? I'm sure you're on to something, but can you give an example? I'm not quite clear on what you mean. WOW that is a lot of streams! Not a bad idea--either what you suggest, or Nicolas's idea (which is that we would badge streams that are currently playing with a little icon in the corner). I don't see an appropriate emblem icon though. We have emblem-pause but no emblem-play, oddly. So we would probably want to add that first. (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4) > Not a bad idea--either what you suggest, or Nicolas's idea (which is that we > would badge streams that are currently playing with a little icon in the > corner). I don't see an appropriate emblem icon though. We have emblem-pause > but no emblem-play, oddly. So we would probably want to add that first. You mean an icon in the System Tray? I think that is a good idea, but what if you have multiple streams running? You're editing a video and listening to a song in separate applications. Also, where are the icons stored and are design requirements. I wouldn't mind taking a look and seeing if it is something I could contribute. I think Nicolas's idea is an alternative to yours. You proposed de-saturating the icons of non-playing streams in the popup; he proposed badging those very same icons with a little badge if they *are* playing anything. The code lives here: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/blob/master/applets/mediacontroller/contents/ui/ExpandedRepresentation.qml Go wild! Got it! Makes perfect sense. That's a very good alternative. |
Created attachment 136893 [details] Desaturated When you have a lot of applications that are listed in the widget, you can't tell which is the active stream. Would an option to desaturate the icons for streams that aren't actively playing? SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION