On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 07:11:44 +0200, Kirill Marinushkin wrote: > > Currently, all playback switches are described as mute. It is shown as: > > [OO] == sound is on (left and right channels) > [MM] == sound is muted (left and right channels) > > But cards can have different kinds of switch controls, not only mute. At > least usb-audio provides boolean controls as playback switches for: > > * clock source validity (read only switch) > * processing features on/off (rw switch) > * potentially other similar use-cases > > It becames confusing, because it is shown as: > > [OO] == clock source is valid > [MM] == clock source is invalid > > [OO] == processing feature is on > [MM] == processing feature is off > > And from the help, it is not clear how to toggle such switches. > > In this RFC, I suggest to show switches more generic: > > [yy] == sound on / clock source is valid / processing feature is on > [nn] == sound muted / clock source is invalid / processing feature is off I don't think it's better solution, sorry. The current symbol isn't the best of the best, I admit. But yy/nn isn't better from the visibility POV, and what's worse is the sudden change of user experience on such a long-living application. Also, you can't expect every user understanding English. If the problem is about the mismatch of mute/non-mute symbol against the switch state, we may blacklist / whitelist the element names. At easiest, we can keep using mute symbol for "xxx Playback Switch". This is very likely a mute control. The rest is neutral, so something more generic symbol can be used for on/off instead of 'M'. thanks, Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
