Sound Switcher Indicator‣2.2.0

It’s time to fulfil my promise, so please meet Sound Switcher Indicator version 2.2.0.

What’s new

There are the following two major differences with the previous release:

• Support for virtual devices (#48) has been added: network sources and sinks from other PulseAudio servers are now also displayed in the indicator menu and can be switched to.
• A Preferences dialog has finally arrived. These days you can easily adjust the looks of the menu using a GUI (which was previously only possible by editing $HOME/.config/indicator-sound-switcher.json). A corresponding menu item has been planted:

Preferences dialog

The dialog features two tabs:

• The General tab allows to hide all inputs and/or outputs at once:

• The Devices tab configures device and port display:

• The Refresh button at top right reloads all devices and their ports so you don’t need to reopen the dialog after device removal or addition.

All settings are applied on-the-fly after a short delay.

Other changes:

• A minor (yet breaking) change to the configuration file format. From now on the port configuration can only be an object (previously it was possible to use a string or false). This means you might need to update your config, which is a breeze with the new dialog.
• A long-outstanding bug with misplaced device items (#55) has been fixed. Actually, the real issue is with GTK+ but I managed to work around it.

Ubuntu support

My PPA provides packages for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic and 18.10 Cosmic (read how to install). Bug reports are welcome at the usual address. ■