I thought I was so clever in thinking of this idea, then I researched and discovered that it's what iOS already does. <https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/MediaPlayer/Reference/MPVolumeView_Class/index.html>
> The sound indicator does suppress the notification when it is shown On the PC it does, but not on the phone. And if it's not obvious enough even for Canonical engineers to do it, that bodes ill for app developers. With this scheme, they get the notification-suppressing behavior for free whenever they choose the easy way of embedding a volume control. > what if a notification goes off while the app is open ? you will suddenly adjust the notification volume. Yes, that's a drawback. But then, a notification probably should temporarily quieten media playback, so changing the media volume wouldn't be that meaningful during those few seconds anyway. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to indicator-sound in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1389761 Title: Don't show the volume overlay when changing the volume with the slider Status in indicator-sound package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntu-ui-toolkit package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The overlay and the slider are redundant when the user changes the volume with the slider and the overlay shouldn't be displayed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu RTM 14.09 Package: indicator-sound 12.10.2+14.10.20141021~rtm-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.4.67 armv7l ActionStates: ({'mediaplayer-app.desktop.greeter': (true, signature '', [<{'running': <false>, 'state': <'Paused'>}>]), 'mute': (true, '', [<false>]), 'phone-settings': (true, '', []), 'mic-volume': (true, '', [<1.0>]), 'scroll': (true, 'i', []), 'high-volume': (true, '', [<false>]), 'play-playlist.mediaplayer-app.desktop': (true, 's', []), 'desktop-settings': (true, '', []), 'mediaplayer-app.desktop': (true, '', [<{'running': <false>, 'state': <'Paused'>}>]), 'play.mediaplayer-app.desktop': (true, '', [<'Paused'>]), 'volume': (true, 'i', [<1.0>]), 'next.mediaplayer-app.desktop': (true, '', []), 'root': (true, '', [<{'title': <'Son'>, 'accessible-desc': <'Volume (100%)'>, 'icon': <('themed', <['audio-volume-high-panel', 'audio-volume-high', 'audio-volume', 'audio']>)>, 'visible': <true>}>]), 'previous.mediaplayer-app.desktop': (true, '', []), 'silent-mode': (true, '', [<false>])},) ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: armhf Date: Wed Nov 5 16:58:35 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-05 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch) - armhf (20141105-120036) SourcePackage: indicator-sound UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/1389761/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
