connection: Show a nice label when connecting to PA.

src/mainwindow.cc

@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(BaseObjectType* cobject, const Glib::RefPtr<Gnome::Glade:
     showSourceOutputType(SOURCE_OUTPUT_CLIENT),
     showSourceType(SOURCE_NO_MONITOR),
     eventRoleWidget(NULL),
-    canRenameDevices(false) {
+    canRenameDevices(false),
+    m_connected(false) {
 
     x->get_widget("cardsVBox", cardsVBox);
     x->get_widget("streamsVBox", streamsVBox);
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(BaseObjectType* cobject, const Glib::RefPtr<Gnome::Glade:
     x->get_widget("noRecsLabel", noRecsLabel);
     x->get_widget("noSinksLabel", noSinksLabel);
     x->get_widget("noSourcesLabel", noSourcesLabel);
+    x->get_widget("connectingLabel", connectingLabel);
     x->get_widget("sinkInputTypeComboBox", sinkInputTypeComboBox);
     x->get_widget("sourceOutputTypeComboBox", sourceOutputTypeComboBox);
     x->get_widget("sinkTypeComboBox", sinkTypeComboBox);
@@ -106,6 +108,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(BaseObjectType* cobject, const Glib::RefPtr<Gnome::Glade:
     sourceOutputTypeComboBox->signal_changed().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this, &MainWindow::onSourceOutputTypeComboBoxChanged));
     sinkTypeComboBox->signal_changed().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this, &MainWindow::onSinkTypeComboBoxChanged));
     sourceTypeComboBox->signal_changed().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this, &MainWindow::onSourceTypeComboBoxChanged));
+
+    /* Hide first and show when we're connected */
+    notebook->hide();
+    connectingLabel->show();
 }
 
 MainWindow* MainWindow::create() {
@@ -720,6 +726,19 @@ gboolean idle_cb(gpointer data) {
     return FALSE;
 }
 
+void MainWindow::setConnectionState(gboolean connected) {
+    if (m_connected != connected) {
+        m_connected = connected;
+        if (m_connected) {
+            connectingLabel->hide();
+            notebook->show();
+        } else {
+            notebook->hide();
+            connectingLabel->show();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void MainWindow::updateDeviceVisibility() {
 
     if (idle_source)

src/mainwindow.h

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public:
 
     Gtk::Notebook *notebook;
     Gtk::VBox *streamsVBox, *recsVBox, *sinksVBox, *sourcesVBox, *cardsVBox;
-    Gtk::Label *noStreamsLabel, *noRecsLabel, *noSinksLabel, *noSourcesLabel, *noCardsLabel;
+    Gtk::Label *noStreamsLabel, *noRecsLabel, *noSinksLabel, *noSourcesLabel, *noCardsLabel, *connectingLabel;
     Gtk::ComboBox *sinkInputTypeComboBox, *sourceOutputTypeComboBox, *sinkTypeComboBox, *sourceTypeComboBox;
 
     std::map<uint32_t, CardWidget*> cardWidgets;
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public:
     virtual void onSinkTypeComboBoxChanged();
     virtual void onSourceTypeComboBoxChanged();
 
+    void setConnectionState(gboolean connected);
     void updateDeviceVisibility();
     void reallyUpdateDeviceVisibility();
     void createMonitorStreamForSource(uint32_t source_idx);
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ public:
 
 protected:
     virtual void on_realize();
+
+private:
+    gboolean m_connected;
 };
 
 

src/pavucontrol.cc

@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ static void dec_outstanding(MainWindow *w) {
     if (n_outstanding <= 0)
         return;
 
-    if (--n_outstanding <= 0)
+    if (--n_outstanding <= 0) {
         w->get_window()->set_cursor();
+        w->setConnectionState(true);
+    }
 }
 
 void card_cb(pa_context *, const pa_card_info *i, int eol, void *userdata) {
@@ -492,6 +494,8 @@ void context_state_callback(pa_context *c, void *userdata) {
         case PA_CONTEXT_FAILED:
             g_debug(_("Connection failed, attempting reconnect"));
 
+            w->setConnectionState(false);
+
             w->removeAllWidgets();
             w->updateDeviceVisibility();
             pa_context_unref(context);
@@ -536,7 +540,6 @@ gboolean connect_to_pulse(gpointer userdata) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    g_debug(_("Initialised and connected our context"));
     return false;
 }
 

src/pavucontrol.glade

@@ -484,6 +484,15 @@ Monitors</property>
             <property name="position">0</property>
           </packing>
         </child>
+        <child>
+          <widget class="GtkLabel" id="connectingLabel">
+            <property name="label" translatable="yes">&lt;i&gt;Establishing connection to PulseAudio. Please wait...&lt;/i&gt;</property>
+            <property name="use_markup">True</property>
+          </widget>
+          <packing>
+            <property name="position">1</property>
+          </packing>
+        </child>
       </widget>
     </child>
   </widget>