Bug 515474

Summary: Enhancement: Move mute button on task icons to floating bubble
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: kde
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgetsAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: kde, olib141, qydwhotmail
Priority: NOR Keywords: usability
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Debian testing   
OS: Linux   
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Description kde 2026-02-03 20:53:43 UTC 
SUMMARY

The individual mute buttons on Task Manager icons is very nice, but by necessity has to be large enough to be easy to click by mistake. This can be frustrating when trying to bring your background meeting to the foreground to unmute. My proposal is to, on-hover,  have the mute button float in a bubble above the task icon. The bubble can also dynamically split for a mic mute button if the application is recording, as well as a play/pause button, which would be very handy and improve ergonomics.
Comment 1 Oliver Beard 2026-02-03 23:06:53 UTC 
This would not work, because there is already a popup showing the windows associated with a task.

When that task is playing audio, there is also a mute button in that popup already.

It is also possible to disable the interactivity of the mute button in the Task Manager settings so it becomes an indicator only, or disable it altogether.