[pulseaudio-discuss] [pavucontrol] Add an 'Advanced' section

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Arun Raghavan at 21/11/12 03:47 did gyre and gimble:
> On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 20:05 +0000, Colin Guthrie wrote:
>> 'Twas brillig, and Arun Raghavan at 20/11/12 14:38 did gyre and gimble:
>>> Hi folks,
>>> Here come a couple of patches to move the less-used and potentially
>>> overwhelming options from the device widget into an advanced expander so that
>>> only the people who actually are interested in those options are exposed to
>>> them.
>>
>> Looks good here.
>>
>> One suggestion/question however:
>>
>> Would it be better to put this into a new window rather than an expander?
>>
>> I mean there may be quite a few things you want to go in here for some
>> sinks.
>>
>> The latency stuff + the formats, but when configurable volume range
>> editing is added (where the base volume will be presented in the editor
>> unlike always as now), it will likely go here too.
>>
>> It's kinda feels like it should be in a "properties" type popup dialog
>> here rather than an expander. That said, this is perhaps a bikeshed
>> argument :)
> 
> That sounds like a good idea, but how do you feel about doing that when
> the additional properties get added?

Doesn't bother me personally. pavucontrol is not a paragon of UI
perfection generally, so I don't mind it changing when the time comes.

Col


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