Bug 444083 - Show playback buttons in panel representation
Summary: Show playback buttons in panel representation
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Media Player widget (show other bugs)
Version: 5.23.1
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Kai Uwe Broulik
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Reported: 2021-10-20 04:50 UTC by David
Modified: 2023-04-10 02:37 UTC (History)
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Description David 2021-10-20 04:50:08 UTC
SUMMARY
The media player widget offers many controlling options when it is clicked. Usually, one would want this widget placed on a panel, from where it is not too useful because any interaction requires clicking it first. Would be helpful if this widget could offer options to display some of the functionalities within the widget itself, so that I could configure it to e.g. have an easily clickable play/stop and prev/next buttons, display the name of the currently playing media, etc.

There are other widgets that can accomplish this but every plasma update seems to break them in different ways so it'd be nice if the official widget could support all the functionalities that one would expect out of this type of widget.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Put the media player widget in a plasma panel.
2. Launch some music player and play a playlist.
3. Try to see what's playing, stop it, move to the next track (requires clicking the widget first).

OBSERVED RESULT
All actions and relevant information require clicking the widget.

EXPECTED RESULT
The most common actions and relevant information should be configurable to appear within the widget itself in the panel (like the unofficial widget "Media Player Compat").