Charge indicator should disappear if no battery is present

[4jNsY6fCVqZv]

The following scenario:

I am connected to my laptop's power supply.
However, to quickly move the laptop to another room, I insert the battery.
Once in the other room, I no longer need the battery and reconnect the AC adapter.
When I now remove the battery, the charge indicator (and because I selected it that way, the percentage indicator) is always displayed.

My expectation would be that wingpanel-indicator-power would automatically recognize which power supply is currently being used and then only display the appropriate icons/indicators.

Is this somehow possible?

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[quequotion]

Do you have other battery powered accessories?

[4jNsY6fCVqZv]

Hi, thanks for your feedback!
What does "other battery powered accessories" include for you?
And why could this be relevant to my issue?

[quequotion]

Accessories powered by batteries.

Is there anything with its own battery attached to your computer, wirelessly or otherwise? The indicator also appears to show their power levels (on click).

[4jNsY6fCVqZv]

Thanks for your clarification!
No, there are no other battery powered accessories or devices.

[4jNsY6fCVqZv]

@quequotion The issue is still present. Could you imagine to work on a solution?

[quequotion]

@quequotion The issue is still present. Could you imagine to work on a solution?

I'm not a developer of this indicator. I asked earlier just to get information in hope this was a bug that could be fixed, but I suspect it is a design issue. I haven't really looked at the code, but my impression is that the indicator always uses the same icon, regardless of power source or charge level.

[neofight78]

Battery indicator showing on my desktop machine, no battery powered peripherals either.

[tintou]

The battery indicator is only visible on two conditions:

• You have a controllable screen backlight
• You have a battery-powered device (a laptop, an attached mouse, a connected bluetooth device)

If none of these conditions are matched and you still have the indicator that's either a software or a hardware issue.

[4jNsY6fCVqZv]

Software in this case would be everything that is installed on a standard elementary OS system, right?

I have not connected a controllable screen backlight or other battery-powered devices.

As described above, I am looking for the reason why indicator power does not visually reflect the change if a battery was previously connected and then removed.

@tintou What is your explanation for the screenshot I attached to my issue? And how could a solution look like?

[quequotion]

why indicator power does not visually reflect the change if a battery was previously connected and then removed.

Sounds like you are asking not why the indicator is visible, but rather why it doesn't turn into a plug symbol.

The case for the latter is that it just doesn't.

If it's visible, it looks like a battery.

[4jNsY6fCVqZv]

Sounds like you are asking not why the indicator is visible, but rather why it doesn't turn into a plug symbol.

These are both relevant questions for me.
I would expect the battery symbol to disappear as soon as I remove the battery.
However, should a symbol be displayed at any time, I would suggest offering a separate symbol for devices that are connected to a power supply with an AC adapter.

[4jNsY6fCVqZv]

@davidmhewitt could you imagine to solve this issue?