unity-api-bugs team mailing list archive

[Charles Kerr <charles.kerr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The volume menuitem's scroll is following the spec at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sound#Sound_menu:

> Whenever the volume item is highlighted:
>
> The Left and Right arrow keys should instantly decrease or
> increase the volume, respectively, to the nearest 5 percent step.
>
> The “-” and “+” keys should instantly decrease or increase the volume,
> respectively, to the nearest 5 percent step.
>
> Rolling a mousewheel up or down should increase or decrease the
> volume respectively, 10% per click.

So (IMO) the problem isn't the scroll behavior, but rather that
left/right and -/+ keys don't follow the spec, so there's not a good way
to step the volume up & down in the smaller grain. We could handle this
in IDO by giving idoscalemenuitem key-press-event and key-release-event
handlers as is done in the sibling idoplaybackmenuitem

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Unity API
bugs, which is subscribed to The Sound Menu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1226931

Title:
  Scroll-Wheel-Adjust Volume is Too Coarse-grained

Status in Sound Menu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  As you know Ubuntu Unity's Volume indicator allows you to adjust
  volume by scrolling the mouse-wheel (while the mouse-pointer is
  hovering over the sound indicator).

  I realize that mouse-scroll-wheels have different degrees of
  precision, but for me if I move my scroll-wheel one notch it adjusts
  the volume by too large a unit of volume.

  I would like this method of volume adjustment to be more fine-tune, so
  that my mouse-wheels adjustments can cover a more complete spectrum of
  volumes. As is, I often find that one scroll-wheel-up produces a
  volume that is too loud, while one scroll-wheel-down is too quite.
  Ultimately, I'm forced to click the indicator and move the volume-
  slider to achieve the desired volume that is in-between the course-
  grained adjustments provided by scroll-wheel-volume-adjustments.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-sound/+bug/1226931/+subscriptions