menubar icon to show "selected" provider

[Guria]

Right now, to change the provider used to display the percentage in the menu bar, I have to reorder the list and move the desired one to the top. That’s not very convenient or intuitive.

The menubar popup already remembers which provider is selected and opens the same tab when the user clicks the icon. We could rely on that selection to decide which provider is used for the menu bar percentage, too. This would be something users can naturally discover and learn without introducing extra settings. They switch the active tab and immediately see the menu bar update.

[robinebers]

This is a great idea, I actually just tested this but there are a few problems with this.

• What happens when you click on Home/Overview?
• What happens when you use Bars/Circle/Text as icon style?

[Guria]

What happens when you click on Home/Overview?

I think it’s acceptable to fall back to the current behavior in that case.

What happens when you use Bars/Circle/Text as icon style?

All percentage numbers, the circle, and the brand display only one provider at a time, so switching based on the current selection seems like a perfect fit. Or am I missing something?

Only the Bars style can show multiple providers at once, plus an optional single-provider percentage. In that case, the bars would stay as-is, and the switching logic would affect only the text/percentage part.

[robinebers]

That would require a lot of "implied logic" for the user (they wouldn't know how it works).

I really like how quickly and dynamic this felt locally, but this too needs a little bit more work.

[Guria]

Current approach with reordering in settings is also not very explicit, and it requires some guessing to figure out how it works.

With tabs, it’s something users will try clicking anyway, and the instant feedback helps them learn the “rules.”

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[Guria]

I believe this was results in recent release