Show Bluetooth device MAC addresses in Bluetooth Devices list
Within the Bluetooth section of GNOME Settings, the names of discovered devices are shown in the "Devices" list. Currently, (afaik) the only way to view the MAC address of a Bluetooth device within GNOME Settings is to click on the device's entry in the "Devices" list after the device has been connected. I want to view the MAC address of each device in the "Devices" list, even if those devices are not connected.
I propose listing the MAC address under the display name of a device in the list, or otherwise providing a menu/button so that users can quickly view a device's MAC address in the list without connecting to that device. I know this information is available via bluetoothctl, but imo it should also be exposed in GNOME Settings. This may have positive privacy/security implications if GNOME Settings lists multiple Bluetooth devices with the same name but different MAC addresses.
My use case is that I was writing code to interact with a certain Bluetooth device. I wanted to know its MAC address but I didn't want to connect to it while I was debugging my code.
Design Tasks
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design a mockup of the Bluetooth "Devices" list that incorporates MAC addresses for "Disconnected" devices
Development Tasks
Blocked/dependent on design mockup(s)