Comment 6 for bug 880881

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Charles Kerr (charlesk) wrote : Re: Power indicator does not combine multiple battery status

> For me the situation is even worse: Since 12.10 the power indicator displays my laptop battery and my MOUSE battery (Belkin bluetooth mouse) as second battery. Unfortunately it always chooses the mouse battery for display in the panel.
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> This is of course completely useless, as I want to see how long the laptop battery lasts, not how long the mouse battery lasts. It seems to be impossible to select which battery to display in the panel?

Selecting the mouse battery over the desktop battery is by design iff the mouse is reporting it will run empty sooner than the laptop. From the spec:

> "The menu title should tell you at a glance what you need to know most: what device will lose power soonest (and optionally when), or otherwise which device will take longest to charge, optionally how long it will take, and optionally its current charge level. More detailed information can be accessed inside the menu itself. "