Right. This is actually very bad IMHO: I had the sound turned to about 20%, went to the volume control and played with the slider, all the time keeping it pressed, so it did not actually change the volume. I concluded that the control was broken... and ended the click while pointing to 100%... Let's just say I could be dead right now if I had a faint heart ;)

(In reply to comment #1)
> Right. This is actually very bad IMHO: I had the sound turned to about 20%,
> went to the volume control and played with the slider, all the time keeping it
> pressed, so it did not actually change the volume. I concluded that the control
> was broken... and ended the click while pointing to 100%... Let's just say I
> could be dead right now if I had a faint heart ;)

The balance slider isn't the volume slider... The volume slider problem is already fixed.

Created attachment 128394 [details] [review]
gvc-instant-balance.patch

Patch for the above. Doesn't behave great though. The slider seems to lag a bit, which makes it hard to use the resistance in the slider to get back to the middle value.

We'll see how people like it.

2009-02-18  Bastien Nocera  <hadess@hadess.net>

        * src/gvc-balance-bar.c (_scale_box_new),
        (on_scale_button_press_event), (on_scale_button_release_event),
        (on_scale_scroll_event): Make the balance bar instant-apply
        (Closes: #566423)