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synorgy

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System tray volume control

Hey all -
I'm looking for a volume control system tray applet that is controlled by a slider rather than mouse wheel. This is mostly because I want to use this on my laptop, which I normally control via touch pad rather than a 'full' mouse. This takes both volwheel (which is a great app, just not suited for me here...) and gvtray (also a great app, but hideously ugly and ill suited for this.)

Any help?

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rson451

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Re: System tray volume control

a while back i edited gvtray to be prettier.  if i still have it on my laptop i can send it to you when i get home.  it uses an icon for the volume level rather than the number it used to use. iirc.

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synorgy

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Re: System tray volume control

I'd appreciate that - though that's not QUITE what I'm looking for (still uses mouse wheel for volume change iirc)

Either way it'd be a step up. my email is [myusername]AT gmail.com

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rson451

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Re: System tray volume control

i dont know what version of gvtray you were using, but this one has a slider.  i've hardcoded the icons, but you can easily change that.  default is my gnome volume icons.

http://rafb.net/p/yPeaWY33.html

let me know if you need anything, i know longer use this script so it may take me a while to figure out what's wrong.  also i didnt write it, just edited for my needs.

edit: i've just looked at it again. it only uses one icon, so there is effectively no status indicator.  i think it was gbatt that i made use multiple icons.  sorry.

Last edited by rson451 (2008-04-18 00:12:30)

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synorgy

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Re: System tray volume control

The one icon thing is no big deal. I just realized that the one I was using was QUITE old. Thanks alot, rson.

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moljac024

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Re: System tray volume control

why don't you just use kmix ?

Last edited by moljac024 (2008-04-18 15:56:57)

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synorgy

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Re: System tray volume control

It's the KDE  / QT libs that I don't want, moljac.

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rson451

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Re: System tray volume control

not a problem.  if you need a battery monitor as well, i can up my gbatt.

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