The NMConnectionSection class is used - surprise - to manage a
list of related connections. And while the presentation of VPN
items is slightly different from connections associated with
devices (switches vs. ornaments), it makes perfect sense for
the VPN section to share the nitty-gritty with the base class.
But…
Right now it is perfectly fine for NMConnectionSection to be
used both as a child element in a device section, and as toplevel
item of the VPN section. Any nesting of sections is entirely
transparent to the user, and all connection sections appear as
submenu items in the toplevel menu.
That won't work for quick settings.
There's no PopoverMenuSection that allows invisible grouping, so
adding items dynamically would either need to happen at the end,
or require some tricky cross-component code to impose a particular
order.
And last but not least, quick toggles are very much unsuited for
a potentially large number of items. The whole point is to provide
quick direct access to system features, not to compete with menus
over the number of items they can hold.
That is, we need to get from the current state where each device
appears as a toplevel item, to a state where we have one quick
toggle for each device type plus one for VPN.
The decoupled VPN section still behaves largely as it did as a
subclass, with the notable difference that it no longer uses
a submenu item, so all VPN connections now appear at the toplevel.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2407>
Right now the indicator itself tracks all devices and connections,
creates and destroys the corresponding menu items, matches them
to a section and updates the connection/device arrays that are
attached to the section.
Sounds messy?
It is slightly less effective to connect multiple handlers to the
same NMClient, but let's assume that devices and connections aren't
added/removed at 60 frames/s, and we can add some readabilty by
moving the code into different classes that only have to care about
the bits that are relevant to them.
The VPN section is a good starting point, because its handling is
already quite different from device sections.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2407>
At its core, it's the sort order tracking from NMConnectionItem
with a bit of sugar on top to provide access to the ordered items
and the ability to provide a custom sort function.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2407>
You could argue that the item name is closer to what is displayed
to the user, but it doesn't really matter: Connection items will
always use the connection ID when there is more than one, which
is the only case where sorting matters.
However sorting by items will allow us to generalize the code, and
use it for items that do not represent a connection.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2407>
When not in radio-mode - that is, when the connection is the only
connection for its device - we want the item to represent the
device as a whole.
Achieve this with a small ConnectionItem subclass that adds a
:device-name property for that purpose.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2407>
When not in radio-mode - that is, in the single-connection
case - the item currently uses a plain 'Connect' label.
That is OK while the item is inside a submenu that describes
the device, but we will soon stop using a submenu when a single
item can describe the device as a whole.
Prepare for that by adding an icon that is shown when in non-radio
mode, and include the device name in the label in that case.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2407>
We do want to update the best AP on strength change, in case we
can switch to a better one.
But even if we can't and the AP is unchanged, the icon should
be updated to reflect the change.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2414>
Right now DeviceCategory is a small section wrapper that shows
a summary instead of its content if it contains too many items.
It will eventually eventually turn into the base class for
network device quick toggles. Who would have thought that
when it was added for the "there's a computer with 32 ethernet
cards" fringe case?!
For now, give it a more appropriate name and use device types
instead of our made-up categories, now that the two map neatly.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
It's odd to swap out a switch with a status label, and the
information isn't that helpful to begin with: It's either
transient (connecting, deactivating, ...), or too little to
be meaningful (unknown, failed, ...).
We're also perfectly happy to not show it in "label mode"
(i.e. when there's just one VPN).
Just get rid of it.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
Stop providing detailed state descriptions, instead use a name
that best represents the device at the moment (like a wifi SSID,
the carrier name, or the device name as determined by network manager).
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
The _devices property is another case of overloading the
"device" term.
Fun fact:
this._devices[device._delegate.category].devices
uses three different meanings of "device" (section, NM.Device, item).
The devices array in sections won't be around for much longer,
but the property that tracks the sections is worth renaming.
While at it, use a map instead of a plain object, which has a
guaranteed order when iterating (which will come in handy later).
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
Different access points can belong to the same wireless network. As
NetworkManager doesn't handle this for us, we need to track networks
ourselves, and we currently do this using ad-hoc object literals and
monkey-patching.
Clean this up by factoring out a proper WirelessNetwork class, and
associate them to items with a map.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
Interpreting the different flags is better left to the domain
experts at NetworkManager. It is also much more likely that
NM's own functions will handle newly added flags than our own
code.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
There is a straight mapping between running/enabled and visibility,
so bind them instead of using a signal handler.
_syncConnectivity() is called both from _syncMainConnection() and
on connectivity changes, which should cover any running/enabled
changes.
That just leaves updating the icon on state changes.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
We would want the signals to be disconnected if we ever happened to
destroy the indicator. Even if we don't, connectObject() is simply
nicer when connecting half a dozen handlers at once.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
There is only one case where we show a notification: When activating
a connection failed.
There is therefore no reason for a generic wrapper around the
notification API. Likewise, tracking the source is a bit pointless,
given that the notification is transient. In fact, as we destroy
an existing notification *before* checking for the source, any
previous source will be gone by that point.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
The function is a handler for the `notify::state` handler, so
the state and reason parameters used in the checks are always
undefined.
In addition, `DEACTIVATED` is not (just) a failure state. We
clearly don't want to complain about a failed connection when
the change happened on request of the user.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
We never used it, so after more than ten years, it seems safe to
assume that we never will.
Plus different items pass different types, which makes it pretty
much impossible to use, even if we wanted to (which apparently
we don't 🤷️)
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
When deciding on whether to show the 'no-route' icon, we check
for the client's connectivity *and* whether the devices's active
connection is used as primary connection.
This is currently masked by the indicator updating the icon on
connection changes anyway, but items should still notify the
change themselves.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
The wireless device item tracks the active access point in order
to update its icon on signal strength changes.
However we currently don't synchronize the initial state, so we
miss strength changes until the first access-point change.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
Otherwise any unrelated errors in that function are hidden,
because exceptions in async functions are turned into promise
rejections (and JS cannot know that we won't handle it at a later
point).
It wouldn't happen to me of course 😉
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
I wasn't genuiously going to touch those lines, but I ran into
a limitation of the run-eslint script:
It currently bases changed lines on a diff between HEAD and main
instead of the commit-by-commit log.
The two can vary quite a bit when shuffling code around, and those
are the lines the tool kept complaining about.
I'll look into improving the script, but for now it's quicker to
just shut it up by fixing up the complaints.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2406>
Now that the old system menu has been ported over, we can move
the power toggle to its intended place. The main difference to
the stand-alone toggle is that the button now uses its natural
size rather than the fixed size of regular quick items.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2393>
This port is a bit messier than the previous ones, because the
existing menu section translates less directly to the new UI,
which uses a row of individual toggles for settings, lock and
shutdown.
In order to not complicate the grid layout further by supporting
rows with a different number of columns than the overall grid and
children at their natural size, create a custom, non-reactive
SystemItem item that spans an entire row, and contains the individual
toggles.
This works quite well, even with the shutdown item that uses a menu
for the various actions.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2393>
With menu support in place, this is now a straight-forward port:
Just add the existing profiles section to a QuickToggleMenu instead
of a submenu item.
The toggle itself now switches between 'balanced' and the last used
non-default profile.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2393>
The aggregate menu with its submenus isn't well-suited for simple
on-off actions, so we didn't expose the global color-scheme support
that was introduced last cycle.
Quick settings on the other hand are a natural fit for actions like
this, so add a corresponding toggle.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2392>
The power indicator should not be a regular quick toggle, but
instead be part of a "system area" row at the top of the menu.
But as in the end it is still a simple button, we can do the
port to quick settings now, and move it later when the system
row is implemented.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2392>
For now, this is another simple toggle. The icon, state and
visibility reflect what the old menu did, and the top bar
icon is still only shown when devices are currently connected.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2392>
Another simple toggle. Unlike the old menu, it is always shown
if airplane mode is supported, not just while airplane mode is
active.
We still only show the top bar icon while airplane mode is on.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2392>
Night-light is now a simple, always visible toggle that directly
controls the underlying setting. No change to the top bar icon,
which is still only shown while night-light is active (read: at night).
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2392>
After porting the more complex cases - in particular those that
affect a module's API - we are left with straight-forward D-Bus
method calls that can be moved to promise-based wrappers in one
go.
For consistency, this also switches from Remote to Async where
the call result is ignored.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2344>
The latest mockups move the screen sharing indicator into a
separate control, similar to the existing indicator for built-in
screen recordings.
As this removes the submenu and only keeps the top bar icon (for
external screen recordings), this will smooth the transition to
quick settings.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2391>
