Bug 509006

Summary: UX improvement - Use text field headers
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Andres Betts <anditosan1000>
Component: kcm_pulseaudioAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Andres Betts 2025-09-01 16:40:17 UTC
Created attachment 184626 [details]
form

Renaming audio devices in the system to better ones shows a form that contains only hint-text in text fields. 

This is not recommended as users are prone to lose their place and need to recall information by removing information from the text field.

Update form by featuring the current device name at the top as a header, and leave the text field empty. Feature a confirm or save button if necessary.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-09-25 15:51:35 UTC
That's not hint text; it's the default name of the device.

If we made the default name of the device a header or left label, that would be really weird. After you changed the name, it would be visible in two places: the header/left label as well as the text field.

I don't think we can do this, sorry.

Zooming out, frankly I think this entire renaming UI is awkward and I'd prefer if we re-did it to be more like the one in the Bluetooth page.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-09-25 16:02:06 UTC
Here's my take on that: Bug 509932.