Change "Show info" in Removable Media plugin of lxqt-panel?

[glu8716]

Expected Behavior

When I eject a removable device through the "Removable Media" panel widget or through PCManFM I should get a notification saying it is now safe to eject it.

Current Behavior

I don't get any notification.

Possible Solution

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

1. Plug a removable drive, such as a USB stick
2. Mount it
3. Eject it through PCManFM or through the "Removable Media" panel widget

Context

No particular context. I just remember I was receiving notifications some weeks ago. Not they suddenly doesn't show up anymore.

System Information

• Distribution & Version: Artix
• Kernel: 5.19.13-zen
• Qt Version: 5.15.6
• liblxqt Version: 1.1.0
• Package version: 3

[tsujan]

Not reproducible with the latest git.

[stefonarch]

On my side it's several months I don't see any notification anymore, with latest git on my laptop. Have to check the debian PC with LXQt 1.1 where I think I still see those notification about successful removed devices.

I never saw any settings about omitting this notification.

[stefonarch]

Checked on debian LXQt 1.1.0 and also there I see no notification anymore.

[glu8716]

I looked everywhere and apparently the culprit is an option in the "Removable Media" widget configuration. There's a "When a device is connected" > "Show info" option there. Looks like that notifications are sent only if that option is set to "Show info".
Since there's also a "When a eject button is pressed" option, which doesn't have a "Show info" option, I haven't thought the problem could be there. I think this is a little bit unintuitive and should be redesigned if it's the root of the "problem".
I also think the possibility to see notifications about removable devices shouldn't be tied to a panel widget, but should be a global option.

[stefonarch]

Yep, confirmed, I played around with all combinations of options in pcmanfm-qt and some in the panel plugin but that was the only one which I didn't check.

Let's here others, but maybe only the text needs to be changed to "Notify about connect/remove" or similar, the actual text makes think about an popup on the panel. Here it shows menu with actions also when "show info" is set.

[tsujan]

I don't get what the problem is. There are three options, whose texts seem self-explanatory: Popup menu, Show info, Do nothing. It has always been so, while the report pretends that something has changed (hence closing).

[stefonarch]

I happened to have the same experience as @glu8716: notifications stopped working, I didn't bother about.

IMHO "Show info" is not clear about notifications, it could refer to a panel popup.
"Show notifications and popup-menu" is what is does.

[tsujan]

notifications stopped working

That's what I don't understand. If notifications stopped working, something should have been changed, while you say that the option in question works.

[glu8716]

The option in question works indeed. But we thought it wasn't working because it isn't clear (at least to me, since I'm relatively new to LXQt) what makes the notification appears or not. The reason I opened this issue is that I didn't know devices notifications were tied to the panel's widget, which I had removed at a later time. And if I read "Show info when a device is connected" I assume it's some kind of info that appears when a device is connected, and not disconnected.

The fact that it has always been so doesn't mean it can't be better. Maybe something like a checkbox with "Show devices notifications" or something like that could be clearer. And I think it should be something that doesn't depend on a panel widget. What if, for example, I want notifications but don't use the LXQt panel?

[tsujan]

Quoiting: "I just remember I was receiving notifications some weeks ago...."

[glu8716]

The reason I opened this issue is that I didn't know devices notifications were tied to the panel's widget, which I had removed at a later time.

Initially I had the widget on the panel with that setting I unconsciously set to "show info", therefore I was receiving notifications. At that time I didn't think notifications were tied to the widget, I thought showing notifications was a normal behavior for LXQt.
When at a later time I removed the widget from the panel and haven't received notifications anymore I opened this issue. Only after opening it I realized the widget, if not present on the panel, is the reason for not having notifications.

So, yeah, this is not really a "issue" anymore, but rather a suggestion now, as I think this setting could be clearer :)

[tsujan]

OK.

I have no problem with changing of "Show info", although it seems clear enough to me (and to many other users)..

Showing notifications for removable media needs a program running in the background. A panel plugin called "Removable Media" seems like an obvious choice.

I change the title because it was very misleading (I was going to check the changelog of solid when I first saw it).

[stefonarch]

For me notifications stopped when I changed months ago this setting by case.
It looks also exclusive: Show info >< Popup menu while the popup menu is shown also with "Show info".

I see 2 options to improve clearness:

• Change text to something "Popup menu and notifications"
• Replace this option with a checkbox "Show device notifications"

[glu8716]

Yeah. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding.

To be honest to me the problem isn't really the "Show info" text (although I admit that changing it to "notifications" seems to be more straightforward), but the fact that the notifications when ejecting are set by a field called "When a device is connected" instead of the "When eject button is pressed" one. In this case my suggestion would be to add the same "Show info" (or whatever) to the "When eject button is pressed" field too for more consistency. Or making a global "Show notifications" checkbox.

[stefonarch]

That's a good point. So a checkbox "Notify about devices"?

On a side note I just saw that whith a drive containing 2 partitions (one is encrypted) only the "connected" notifications do appear, while no info at all on unmount is shown. Probably related to #1639 , I have no drive with 2 normal partitions to test atm.

[tsujan]

This report might not be seen here. Transferring it to lxqt-panel's issue tracker....