GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 133000
Status Bar Applet Should Pause With One Click
Last modified: 2006-06-07 05:41:50 UTC
I may be in the minority but the most common thing I use the status bar applet for is pausing the music for a few minutes. It would be nice if that was the default for left click instead of toggle show window, or least have an option to make it that way. Thanks for the consideration...
I find the Muine applet better than that of Rhythmbox. It pops up the menu regardless of left or right click. Not sure if it's considered bad manners to rip it off but I think it would be a good idea. IMHO the "toggle show window" when left clicking is quite confusing.
I disagree on making it default - accessing the main window should be primary concerns. I would not mind if it was configurable. Bug 165713 suggests replacing the "show window" with a "quit app" item.
The way in which amaroK does this is by middle clicking the icon. I think this is a very good solution because it doesn't remove quick access from the main window or the menu. The only problem is if you don't have a middle mouse button, but X lets you simulate a middle click by pressing both buttons simultaneously.
Created attachment 53702 [details] [review] patch This makes middle-clicking on the tray icon perform play/pause.
Being configurable works for me. Being able to pause quickly when someone walks into the office is more important to me so I would prefer pause/play on first mouse button, show/hide on second, context on third.
Patch committed to cvs. While being configurable sound nice, it becomes messy to deal with. Why not support fourth or fifth buttons? Why not allow people to use actions like next and previous? The user interface required to manage the configuration of such options tend to be reasonably complex, and something that most people won't use. I don't think making this configurable would be work the cost of adding the extra preferences required.
I don't think that we're going to make it configurable, and it works fine with the middle mouse button, so marking FIXED.