Bug 490982

Summary:	Allow reordering of Bluetooth device list
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	tmpod <tom>
Component:	Bluetooth widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.2.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489245
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Description tmpod 2024-07-29 15:26:22 UTC

At the moment, the Bluetooth device list shown both in the System Settings app and in the system tray applet is, as far as I can tell, somewhat arbitrarily ordered; a mix of pair order and device type? Not really, but I can't quite understand the logic behind it.

This means that, with more than 8 or 9 devices, you always have to scroll up and down to find some devices, even if they're your daily-driving headphones, mouse, etc.

In bug number 489245[1], someone suggested having devices ordered by "last used/connected". While that would certainly be rather useful and a serious upgrade, I'd wager that allowing users to reorder the entries as they see fit would be very powerful too. 
Perhaps you could select between a manual, fixed selection and a dynamic sort.


[1]: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489245

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-07-30 19:41:08 UTC

Seems reasonable.

Comment 2 tmpod 2024-07-30 19:44:14 UTC

:D

Might take a stab at it in the nearish future.

Comment 3 ratijas 2024-08-06 15:44:33 UTC

Just a quick heads up: drag&drop in QML ListView is almost guaranteed to NOT work.

Personally I think that a better path forward here would be some deterministic and better built-in sorting algorithm + dynamic search field when there are more than, say, 5 devices.