Added a toggle button to show title on the panel

[KunalSiyag]

Works on #1365

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- Added toggle in settings popup,
- When enabled and media is playing: shows icon + scrolling title on panel,
- Supports scroll wheel for volume control -> (point on the Audio icon or the Title + Thumbnail and scroll)
- Click to open settings

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[KunalSiyag]

Hi @wash2 @mmstick ,

I wanted to kindly ask if you could review my PR when you have time. I’m relatively new to contributing here in this repository, so I just wanted to confirm that contributions from external contributors are welcome in this repository.

I’ve tested the fix locally and it’s working as expected. I’ve also ensured that I understand the changes fully and can address any review feedback.

Please let me know if there’s anything I should adjust or if I’ve missed any contribution guidelines. Thanks for your time!

[mmstick]

Requires approval from @pop-os/ux to make changes to interfaces.

[maria-komarova]

I'm not even sure what changes I'm looking at. Could you please provide relevant screenshots along with the rationale behind the features? What is the issue we're trying to solve, what are the use cases etc.?

[KunalSiyag]

I'm not even sure what changes I'm looking at. Could you please provide relevant screenshots along with the rationale behind the features? What is the issue we're trying to solve, what are the use cases etc.?

Basically I wanted the title of the audio to show on my panel bar itself, that's why tweaked it a bit. Also, I wanted to control the volume by pointing at the audio icon and scroll with my mouse. Now it's a bit convinient. It's not really fixing any issues but just a way for me to control the appearance. Though it could be included to the official repo.

It's not replacing the default Interface but gives the users control to switch the way the Media is displayed.

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[maria-komarova]

Thanks for the clarification. Thank you for taking the time to work on the improvements.
After considering it the feature is not something we'd like to include in our Sound applet menu at this point. The impact for most users would be quite limited while adding complexity to settings that we try to avoid when possible. This is part of COSMIC philosophy and we try to be mindful about what is included to keep things focused and beneficial for more people. We would also like to add the ability to have settings for each applet before we add more granular configuration options like the ones suggested here. Once we have those this would be a good place for adding them.

[jacobgkau]

Just wanted to add that if you still want to publish your improvements instead of just having a local fork, you can always make it a third-party applet, either designed to be used in conjunction with the built-in Sound applet or as an alternative to it, until such time that the built-in one's more ready to have the feature added.