Paired Bluetooth devices saturate my Quick Settings
Affected version
GNOME Shell 45.4
Bug summary
Expanding the Bluetooth toggle in the Quick Settings displays an entire list of paired/known bluetooth devices I might have used in the past.
As you can see on the screenshot below, it makes the Quick Settings panel expand to the bottom of my screen (and it will eventually be cut-off because of the resolution of my laptop :/ but this is another issue)…
Expanding the Bluetooth toggle should only display available bluetooth devices (ie. devices that are ready to connect) and not the entire history of devices that have been paired with my laptop in the past.
The current behavior has indeed several problems (in my humble opinion):
- Makes harder to find the device you intend to connect (you need to search the list)
- Might cause the Quick Settings to be cut-off on screens with 'unregular' resolution (when the list is big)*
- Not very useful: Each time I intend to use a bluetooth device it could just show up in this list when ready to connect (no need to 'hardcode' it in the Quick Settings)+ I usually use only 1 or 2 bluetooth devices most of the time (no need to display the rest)
- Might be confusing (average user might think these devices are available/ready to connect)
- I could still find the registered/paired devices in Settings (no need to duplicate it)
*Might be fixed in the near future (GNOME 46/47?)
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Edited by rene-coty