Silent call default

[proggesol]

☑️ Resolves

Skipping the device preview also hid the checkbox for silent calls. There now is an option in the settings to default to silent calls. Also checks the checkbox when the device preview is not skipped.

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• Translate "Start calls silently by default"

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[Antreesy]

Thanks for the contribution, left some notes.
What's the reasoning behind the PR? I'm struggling to imagine the case, where all calls are expected to be silent; notifying others is an expected intention to engage them in joining the call

[Antreesy]

It's better be set directly in TopBar.vue, where it's visible; but design-wise it wouldn't be nice to hold a call button with such long text.

[proggesol]

What is your suggestion here?

[Antreesy]

in

spreed/src/components/TopBar/TopBar.vue

Line 130 in 48ca819

<CallButton v-if="!isInCall" shrinkOnMobile />

add:

<CallButton v-if="!isInCall" :silentCall="directSilentCall" shrinkOnMobile />

and below in component:

directSilentCall() {
	return !this.settingsStore.showMediaSettings // only when dialog is not shown
		&& this.settingsStore.defaultCallMethodIsSilent  // and your new setting is on
}

[Antreesy]

still not needed to change default to null, it's correctly resolved if not passed

[proggesol]

Thank you for your quick review!

What's the reasoning behind the PR? I'm struggling to imagine the case, where all calls are expected to be silent; notifying others is an expected intention to engage them in joining the call

1. In our company we use chat groups not only for fixed team conversations, but also for appointment meeting rooms. Some participants are optional and do not want to be notified of calls every time.
2. Also, when someone is a bit early for the meeting but wants to start the call let's say 5 minutes in advance(some people in our company do that all the time. If they don't, they often forget about the meeting at all), others should not be notified.
3. Some people in certain teams open a virtual office every day. Everyone in the group chat can join, but not everyone wants to. They should not be notified.
4. We are coming from MS Teams where this is the default behaviour. In our company silent calls are - as described above - wanted more often than notifying one.

This setting lets users decide which option they want to default to and still be able to skip the device preview.

[Antreesy]

Thanks for the contribution again! So, we just discussed it internally, and decided that additional setting is not the best way to proceed UI/UX-wise.

We'll try to go with the split button, like for ending call, to skip device check and start a silent call instead. That should serve your goal, without introducing an extra cognitive load, and make it closer to mobile clients.

[nickvergessen]

• As per @Antreesy 's messages above I'm closing this, replaced with feat(CallButton): add a split-menu with 'silent call' action #18913