![]() Why not give output devices some love?.Ĭhanging the output device via the speaker icon on the task bar is fairly quick (only 3 clicks), but I have found that I am most commonly changing output devices when using a full-screen app. We can also cycle windows with alt + tab, virtual desktops with ⊞ Win + ->. ![]() ![]() Many things can be cycled with keyboard shortcuts. Adding a keyboard swap for output devices would just be completing the analogy. Both keyboard layouts and audio devices can be switched by clicking icons on the taskbar, but only keyboard layout switching gets a keyboard shortcut. The UI that pops up is very simple, very elegant, and a very fast way to "switch between a relatively short list of things" I think audio rendering devices is a prime candidate for this. If you're not familiar with that, try adding another keyboard layout or two and then switch between them with ⊞ Win + Space. A wonderful implementation of it would be to mimic the way that you can switch between keyboard layouts with ⊞ Win + Space. Is it more to do with the huge customer base and ensuring one change fits all needs? Or a matter of priority for features? I'm just curious cause I feel like to get the maximum out of Windows I need several third-party programs and the functionality at times is as simple as letting me control volume per app. I use SoundSwitch everyday for this, it follows in the steps of media controls and is something people don't realise they're missing out on.Īs a side note, what's the reason app's like EarTrumpet (which has an MIT license btw, could this be added?) and other lightweight, simple and powerful programs, like all the PowerToys tools are not implemented as default into Windows? I mean I only just found out about PowerTools yesterday after using a PC for years and years. Soundswitch is GPL, we can't incorporate it due to license conflicts. I said 'playback source', but what I meant to say was 'output device' as you stated. For me, audio sources means apps/programs.
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