Bug 502176

Summary: Devices with long and nearly identical names can appear actually identical in the widget when the differentiating part is at the end and gets elided
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Fernando Marcelino Muniz <fernandommuniz>
Component: Audio Volume widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: isma.af, nate
Priority: NOR Keywords: usability
Version First Reported In: 6.3.3   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=515090
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Attachments: Identical names, except the end of their names.

Description Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2025-03-29 21:12:32 UTC
Created attachment 179847 [details]
Identical names, except the end of their names.

The part "Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller" of both devices in the attached video prevents me from seeing which one is the Headphone device and which one is the HDMI device.

So I'm requesting that if devices' names start identically, abbreviate them until the different part of their names.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-03-31 20:02:35 UTC
Ugh, what a situation!
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2026-02-09 14:41:35 UTC
As a workaround, you can rename the devices on System Settings' Audio page.