Bug 453629 - Show full window titles on Applications tab, as the KCM does
Summary: Show full window titles on Applications tab, as the KCM does
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Audio Volume widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.2.4
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords: usability
: 409453 458300 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2022-05-10 14:42 UTC by Jonathan Wakely
Modified: 2025-05-08 13:19 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

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Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/commit/1e553981452e0857ea573d4cfe55a441474518bf
Version Fixed In: 6.4.0
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Description Jonathan Wakely 2022-05-10 14:42:32 UTC 
SUMMARY

The Audio plasmoid just shows "Firefox" as the name on the Applications tab, instead of the titles of the Firefox windows.

If there are multiple such windows, you have to look at the horizontal meter to see which one is actually playing Audio. If the audio is paused, the meter is no use and you just have to guess. This matters when trying to change the output device for a specific window, e.g. to have one playing through speakers and one through headphones.

The Playback Streams under System Settings -> Audio do show the full titles, which is much more helpful, and shows that the information is available. The plasmoid just doesn't show it.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Have multiple Firefox windows playing audio, e.g. two youtube videos paused in two separate windows.
2.  Open the Audio applet, then the Applications tab.
3.  Try to guess which "Firefox" is which.

OBSERVED RESULT

The application just shows "Firefox".

EXPECTED RESULT

The application shows the window title, like in System Settings -> Audio under Playback Streams.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Fedora Linux 35
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.16.19-100.fc34.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
Memory: 62.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-05-10 16:03:57 UTC 
Seems reasonable to make those consistent.
Comment 2 Jonathan Wakely 2022-06-24 08:29:27 UTC 
Still present with:

Operating System: Fedora Linux 36
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2023-02-05 11:53:36 UTC 
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/merge_requests/156
Comment 4 Bharadwaj Raju 2023-02-05 12:00:18 UTC 
*** Bug 409453 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Jonathan Wakely 2023-02-05 18:40:57 UTC 
(In reply to Bug Janitor Service from comment #3)
> A possibly relevant merge request was started @
> https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/merge_requests/156

This suggests that nothing more useful than "AudioStream" can be shown. But clearly there is better info available, because the KCM for audio volume shows it. The duplicate bug 409453 has screenshots showing that. Maybe the merge request is using the wrong info if it can only show "AudioStream".
Comment 6 Alex Elsayed 2023-11-11 19:22:58 UTC 
(In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #5)
> (In reply to Bug Janitor Service from comment #3)
> > A possibly relevant merge request was started @
> > https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/merge_requests/156
> 
> This suggests that nothing more useful than "AudioStream" can be shown. But
> clearly there is better info available, because the KCM for audio volume
> shows it. The duplicate bug 409453 has screenshots showing that. Maybe the
> merge request is using the wrong info if it can only show "AudioStream".

This is Firefox-version dependent; in essence, Firefox once reported correct stream titles, then regressed during some of the out-of-process work, then fixed it. During the time it was regressed, the titles were removed from the plasmoid.
Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2023-11-21 13:51:40 UTC 
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/merge_requests/219
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2025-04-16 20:36:35 UTC 
*** Bug 458300 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Roke Julian Lockhart Beedell 2025-05-07 12:03:40 UTC 
(In reply to Bug Janitor Service from comment #7)

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/merge_requests/333 might be relevant, too.
Comment 10 Kai Uwe Broulik 2025-05-08 07:34:30 UTC 
Git commit 1e553981452e0857ea573d4cfe55a441474518bf by Kai Uwe Broulik.
Committed on 07/05/2025 at 17:14.
Pushed by broulik into branch 'master'.

StreamListItem: Show media.name if applicable

This indicates the name of the played item, for example Firefox
sets it to the tab title.

Many apps set it to some internal "ALSA" or "playback stream" string,
so use a crude RegExp to filter out the worst offenders.

M  +14   -4    applet/StreamListItem.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-pa/-/commit/1e553981452e0857ea573d4cfe55a441474518bf