Indeed, good catch. The sound menu always manipulated the left channel. I've attached a branch fixes most of the problem by making it handle channels in the same way that system settings does. Changing the volume to 0 still resets the balance to center, though (same as in system settings).
** Also affects: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: indicator-sound (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: indicator-sound (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Lars Uebernickel (larsu) ** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Lars Uebernickel (larsu) ** Changed in: indicator-sound (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Critical => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-sound in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374249 Title: Scrolling works erratically when sound center balance is off-center Status in “indicator-sound” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “unity-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: When the center balance is adjusted to the right, scrolling on the volume icon in the panel produces erratic results. The same thing happens when trying to adjust the volume in the sound menu. The volume buttons still function correctly though. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/1374249/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp