Change icon of unused outputs/inputs to muted variants about wingpanel-indicator-sound

[cassidyjames]

I agree with the above. If we wanted to add muted variants to all hardware types we could but I think the original problem has been resolved.

[D0J0P]

You're right, radio buttons have never had an inactive state, so it would be confusing to bring that in, making it look disabled.

I think #226 is a good solution. Part of the confusion was probably that all outputs were using audio-volume-high, making them all look like they're on full volume, and they weren't adjustable.

[danirabbit]

That's a clever idea and seems like a nice little detail :)

[cassidyjames]

Oops, re-opening in case we want to address it, but I'm not sure it's an issue with the updated design.

[D0J0P]

Are there a lot of pulse icons? If not, would it be possible to make muted variants of them? They would be greyed out and slashed, as if they're turned off or not in use, making it easy to see what's used, and looks less busy.

[danirabbit]

These are device type icons, not anything specific to pulse. So it could be any device. Right now we have:

• audio-card
• audio-headphones
• audio-headset
• audio-input-microphone
• audio-speakers
• audio-subwoofer
• camera-photo
• camera-web
• computer
• computer-convertible
• computer-laptop
• phone
• video-display-tv

There might be others, but this is what seems reasonable for devices. I'm not sure it's super worth adding -muted variants for every device since we already indicate the active device with a checkmark and device icons aren't conflated with status icons here anymore.

Something I would be worried about would be making a non-active device appear disabled or unavailable