Please add `Share window` option to the list in the panel

Should a Share window option be added to the list in the panel?

It might make a better UX.

There would be 4 options then in the image above, i.e.:

• Share screen
• Share screen area
• Share window
• Share file

What do you think?

Thank you

jami-project#1294 (comment 32291)

cc: @agsantos

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moved from #612 (closed)

mentioned in issue #613 (closed)

I like that idea

@choffmann Has a final say to that.

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Yes of course it's a good idea

mentioned in issue #634 (closed)

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mentioned in issue #546 (closed)

https://review.jami.net/c/jami-client-qt/+/21031

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@agsantos can you please have a unique icon for the window share (i.e. a different icon to the screenshare)?

A comment has been left at the review.

Below is another mock icon (not sure if you can add images on the review):

Unfortunately all suggested icons will need work to fit with Jami's icon theme.

Thank you

I would like to see a button like the one in middle of this picture: https://previews.123rf.com/images/vectora/vectora1410/vectora141000349/32293368-window-control-buttons.jpg

Other examples / other buttons:

https://vcfapublicimgs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/web/googlemeetpnow1.png

https://help.join.me/joinmehelp/servlet/rtaImage?eid=kaG4P000000GqIu&feoid=00N4P00000H78RC&refid=0EM1B000000Stg4

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Thank you @agsantos for implementing. Looking forward to testing.

This button is only available for linux systems and must be enabled for others (MacOS, Windows) once their windows sharing are functional.

As the commit only applies to GNU/Linux, should this issue be re-opened with the Windows and macOS developers cc'd into this issue?

Thank you once again.

Hi @ovari ,

I would not leave this ticket open as for the other platforms enabling this option will be a part of the window sharing development. The "window sharing"option is already there, only it is hidden.

After selecting the Share window button the dialog (shown in the image below) shows

@agsantos please:

1. Title: Change Select a screen to share to Select a window to share; and
2. Button: Change Share screen to Share window

What do you think?

Thank you

Hi @ovari

Thank you for the review! This detail was overseen and will shortly be fixed.

https://review.jami.net/c/jami-client-qt/+/21137

Thank you for the link.

Can keyboard accelerators please be added to the buttons, i.e. _Cancel, _Share window and _Share screen?

What do you think?

Thank you once again.

Thank you @agsantos for improvements.

Below is an image of the Share window in the hu (Hungarian - magyar) locale.

1. When in magyar (Hungarian), can the two (2) end characters not show?
2. Should the vertical scroll bar be the same look as the other scroll bars used throughout the Jami program?
3. Should the buttons not have so much space between them? Should they be grouped together?

What do you think?

Thank you

reopened

Anyway, please add the option "Share window" to this list: https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/jami-project/-/wikis/features/All-features-by-client

Done

Thank you for also adding it to https://docs.jami.net/features/All-features-by-client.html. Should a link at https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/jami-project/-/wikis/features/All-features-by-client be added to point to https://docs.jami.net/features/All-features-by-client.html?

Should the heading All features by client be added on the https://docs.jami.net/features/All-features-by-client.html webpage where the red arrow is shown in the image below?

Thank you

@abandali please see comment above regarding https://review.jami.net/c/jami-docs/+/21132 and adding the heading All features by client to https://docs.jami.net/features/All-features-by-client.html webpage. Thank you

@agsantos can you please add a Cancel button next to the Share screen/Share window button?

Can be done.

Thank you, implementation of Cancel will remove a UX paper cut.

https://review.jami.net/c/jami-client-qt/+/21137

As the commit only applies to GNU/Linux, should this issue be re-opened with the Windows and macOS developers cc'd into this issue?

Please also add this button by default to the windows client.

It is understood that jami-client-windows is still using Qt5, only GNU/Linux is on Qt6.

jami-project#1294 (comment 32296)

Sorry @El4 we cannot do that for the moment since Windows lacks the support for window sharing.

But I thought OBS-Studio allows you capture the window? Is that a different technology?

So regarding Windows you need to use OBS-VirtualCam?

Sorry for the misunderstanding,

Jami in Windows platforms lack this support. It is doable and is in progress. Once it is working this option will be enabled in Windows platforms.

OBS creates a virtual camera, so if you want to share a windows using OBS, you will choose OBS camera from the available camera devices. You will not choose a window from a window selector.

No problem.

It is doable and is in progress

This was my thought (I just wasn't sure if Jami uses for example a programming language or one / another technical reason that does not support window sharing generally).

1. Intercom audio call
2. Click Share window
3. Click on the parent window (i.e. the Jami window), the Select a screen to share window is now behind the main Jami window
4. Click Share window and it doesn’t come to the front (it is still behind the main Jami window)

If the Select a screen to share window is not required, it should never be behind the main Jami program window as it noticeably slows down Jami on low-powered devices.

Can the UX behavior be improved so that the Select a screen to share window is always on top of the Jami window (i.e. the Select a screen to share window can never be behind the main Jami window)?

Thank you

I will check with our designer what she thinks about this and if it is the case the behaviour will change, a new ticket will be created.

An improvement in the current UX (on Linux Mint at least) is most welcome.

Hi @ovari

After consulting our designer, we are going to implement both of your UI/UX demands.

Please refer to #691 (closed) and #696 (closed) for further discussion.

Writing for us is so much harder to express/discuss than talking in a conversation; hence please accept our apologies that our comment came across as demands. The comments were meant to be suggestions. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Can the size of the Select a screen to share window please be able to be reduced to the same size as what the main Jami program can be reduce to?

It seem that the Select a screen to share needs at least two thumbnail wide. Can this be changed so that 1 thumbnail wide is allowed?

Can the size of the Select a screen to share please be no bigger than the current size of the Jami main window?

The image below shows the smallest size for the Select a screen to share and main Jami windows.

Thank you

I will check with our designer what she thinks about this and if it is the case the behaviour will change, a new ticket will be created.

Thank you for your comment.

The UX for people with PinePhone, Librem5 and other small screens can be improved with child windows not exceeding the size of the parent window.

The Jami program might be showing on the small screen; however the device might be connected to an external monitor.

Computers with 11" monitors may have Jami in a quarter of the screen (Linux Mint allows snapping windows to any quarter of the screen). Having a child window bigger than the the parent window may cover up other application windows that are running reducing the UX.

If your designer needs other reasons why this is a good idea, please advise. Hopefully these reasons are sufficient.

Thank you once again

Added new issue #691 (closed) with this and other child windows/dialogs that are too large compared with the parent window.

Hi @ovari

After consulting our designer, we are going to implement both of your UI/UX demands.

Please refer to #691 (closed) and #696 (closed) for further discussion.

Writing for us is so much harder to express/discuss than talking in a conversation; hence please accept our apologies that our comment came across as demands. The comments were meant to be suggestions. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

mentioned in issue #691 (closed)

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@agsantos do you know when a new GNU/Linux client-qt release will be available? and can this issue be closed? Thank you

@agsantos I would like to ask the same thing regarding a new Windows 10 client release.

@sblin and @atraczyk can answer about the releases. I am closing the issue.

@ovari Not sure regarding linux-distro ... but a new version of the Windows 10 client is now released. You can view all releases here: https://dl.jami.net/ and Windows: https://dl.jami.net/windows/

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