Request: One click to switch speaker.

[linchangyi]

Now, in order to switch to another speaker, we have to click the speaker icon then set it to default, which need two clicks. I think it is too complicated for such a high frequency demand. It will be much more convinient to switch to a speaker by just clicking the speaker icon.

[linchangyi]

Left click to switch speaker, right click to show detailed options.

[luema]

I would like this too. Having to switch audio devices (external DAC -> internal soundcard for full duplex) every time I have a conference call, it would be nice for this to be more streamlined.

[Zren]

Plasma correctly detects I'm not using my HDMI output now so it's not trivial to test switching devices anymore. I've added RadioButton's to switch on click. Here's a mockup of what a speaker/mic will look like. Apps won't show the radio button (it's a mockup).

If someone could test this, It'd be helpful.

• Edit ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.volumewin7mixer/
• Using these changes https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-volumewin7mixer/commit/9eec1c7dc6b102cddf59d414f0cf1448ee41811a
• Then test with plasmawindowed org.kde.plasma.volumewin7mixer

[luema]

Sure thing. I'll be able to do it tomorrow when I get back to my PC.

[luema]

It works my dude.

Some things to note though:

• it only switches to the new device if I click on the little indicator bubble. If I click on the actual device, it opens the context menu as usual. Right-clicking also opens the context menu just fine as expected.
• the tray automatically closes after selecting the new audio device. I find myself opening the tray again to confirm the device changed properly, so I think it would be nice to have the tray not close upon device change.

Are there any log files I should share with you?

[Zren]

it only switches to the new device if I click on the little indicator bubble.

This is deliberate. I don't want to hide the contextmenu as most people will not know to right click the menu.

I will be adding a tooltip to the radiobutton mentioning "make default device" or "is default device".

the tray automatically closes after selecting the new audio device

Yeah I noticed that too. Weird. I will try to prevent that.

[luema]

This is deliberate. I don't want to hide the contextmenu as most people will not know to right click the menu.

If it's not too much effort, what would I have to change on my end to allow for left-clicking -> change device and right-clicking -> context menu?

I will be adding a tooltip to the radiobutton mentioning "make default device" or "is default device".

Is there any way to disable tooltips?

[Zren]

Oh, I just realized makeDefaultDevice() calls the following code. It means I added a config option ages ago to toggle closing the popup when setting a default device. It's useful when using keyboard shortcuts. Eg: Meta+V, LeftArrow, Enter. Anyways, just toggle the option in the config.

            if (plasmoid.configuration.closeOnSetDefault) {
                main.closeDialog(false)
            }

As for modifying the code, change onClicked: contextMenu.showBelow(iconLabelButton) to onClicked: mixerItem.makeDeviceDefault()

                    IconLabelButton {
                        id: iconLabelButton
                        ...
                        onClicked: mixerItem.makeDeviceDefault()

                        PlasmaComponents.RadioButton {
                            ...

[luema]

Awesome! I made both changes and everything's working great.

[linchangyi]

It works great. But in my opinion, clicking on the speaker icon would be much more intuitive than clicking the radio button, so I made some changes, would be my pleasure to have your pull request.