From 9fe6de10a20015673656c76eb3362d31a6f5acf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AKArien <skeptikal.monke@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 00:07:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] panel : brightness : add option to name monitors by their
 connector

certain monitors can have names that are difficult to interpret,
or certain users just prefer to get the connector name, since it
includes the type of connection and might be more helpful label
just prefer to see
---
 metadata/panel.xml                          | 13 +++++++++++++
 src/panel/widgets/brightness/brightness.hpp |  1 +
 src/panel/widgets/brightness/ddcutil.cpp    |  9 ++++++++-
 src/panel/widgets/brightness/sysfs.cpp      |  9 ++++++++-
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/metadata/panel.xml b/metadata/panel.xml
index 82d2eac46..997898714 100644
--- a/metadata/panel.xml
+++ b/metadata/panel.xml
@@ -507,6 +507,19 @@
 				<default>300</default>
 				<min>1</min>
 			</option>
+			<option name="brightness_monitor_label" type="string">
+				<_short>Monitor naming</_short>
+				<_long>Type of name to use for the brightness controls of monitors</_long>
+				<default>model</default>
+				<desc>
+					<value>model</value>
+					<_name>Model name</_name>
+				</desc>
+				<desc>
+					<value>connector</value>
+					<_name>Connector</_name>
+				</desc>
+			</option>
 			<option name="brightness_scroll_sensitivity" type="double">
 				<_short>Scroll sensitivity</_short>
 				<default>1</default>
diff --git a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/brightness.hpp b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/brightness.hpp
index 6e5d71b89..1bb7662b4 100644
--- a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/brightness.hpp
+++ b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/brightness.hpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class WfLightControl : public Gtk::Box
     void update_parent_icon();
 
     WfOption<int> slider_length{"panel/brightness_slider_length"};
+    WfOption<std::string> label_pref{"panel/brightness_monitor_label"};
 
   public:
     WfLightControl(WayfireBrightness *parent);
diff --git a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/ddcutil.cpp b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/ddcutil.cpp
index d04fc3390..d759ba203 100644
--- a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/ddcutil.cpp
+++ b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/ddcutil.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,14 @@ class WfLightDdcaControl : public WfLightControl
         ddca_close_display(handle);
         scale.set_target_value(get_brightness());
         update_parent_icon();
-        label.set_text(get_name());
+
+        if (label_pref.value() == "connector")
+        {
+            label.set_text(connector);
+        } else // "model"
+        {
+            label.set_text(get_name());
+        }
 
         // MCCS doesn’t have anything to track changes to feature codes, so we
         // read the current value and adjust the visual when mapped. New thread
diff --git a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/sysfs.cpp b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/sysfs.cpp
index 45db2c0d6..9bbd7a0df 100644
--- a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/sysfs.cpp
+++ b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/sysfs.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,14 @@ class WfLightSysfsControl : public WfLightControl
         connector_name = connector_name.substr(0, connector_name.find("/"));
 
         scale.set_target_value(get_brightness());
-        label.set_text(get_name());
+
+        if (label_pref.value() == "connector")
+        {
+            label.set_text(connector_name);
+        } else // "model"
+        {
+            label.set_text(get_name());
+        }
     }
 
     std::string get_connector()