Flashlight Brightness Level Buttons

[RAPXT]

When you regularly use the flashlight, it would be nice to have buttons with an predefined brightness level to quickly set an custom brightness.

This would be quicker and more intuitive than the current slider.

But the slider should be kept for fine-tuning or values outside the buttons.

Adjusting flashlight brightness is only supported on Android 13 and upwards. As I don't have any older android devices, I don't know if the brightness slider is present in older versions. But if it is hidden, then the brightness buttons probably should also be hidden (to not cause confusion).

I would propose either a 4-button layout with

• Off
• Minimum
• Half
• Maximum

as it's done in "FlashDim" App

or a 6-button layout with

• Off
• 1%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%
• 100%

The buttons could be placed in the red marked area.

[kylecorry31]

Thank you for the suggestion. I'm not sure if I will add those buttons, since the slider can be tapped to both set the level and turn on the flashlight (and the level is saved). The buttons would just be shortcuts to perform that same action, so same number of clicks, and for me would be a little less intuitive than the slider as it wouldn't be clear at first that they do the same thing as the slider.

Can you clarify why you find the slider unintuitive or slow? That may help me decide if those buttons would be needed or not.

[RAPXT]

Well, let's say you want to set brightness to 25% you would have to slide the finger a bit forth and back to set it at exactly that value.

Whereas a button is one single tap and all is set. It's faster and needs fewer taps.

When you frequently change between say a tent and outside, it's just more convenient to change the needed brightness between these two environments with one tap instead of having to fiddle with the slider. I also find tapping a button easier and less fatiguing to do one handed than sliding.

Also in terms of accessibility, think of an person that has tremor. For them setting a specific brightness with small slider is much harder than just tapping an noticeably larger button.

[kylecorry31]

Thank you for the additional details. I can support letting users configure presets, therefore they don't take up screen real estate by default and can be customized, which should also make it clearer they are just shortcuts to brightness percentages. I created a "community only" issue at #3983 (I don't plan to implement this, but would accept a contribution and take on maintenance)