From 04d36e09b9af815495692048dc994bd51ec705a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Warchamp7 <warchamp2003@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:04:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] frontend: Remove Monitor Only from UI

---
 frontend/components/OBSAdvAudioCtrl.cpp |  3 +--
 frontend/components/VolumeControl.cpp   | 20 +++++---------------
 frontend/data/locale/en-US.ini          |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/components/OBSAdvAudioCtrl.cpp b/frontend/components/OBSAdvAudioCtrl.cpp
index 2f3766f4e..61bc455d5 100644
--- a/frontend/components/OBSAdvAudioCtrl.cpp
+++ b/frontend/components/OBSAdvAudioCtrl.cpp
@@ -155,10 +155,9 @@ OBSAdvAudioCtrl::OBSAdvAudioCtrl(QGridLayout *, obs_source_t *source_) : source(
 	int idx;
 	if (obs_audio_monitoring_available()) {
 		monitoringType->addItem(QTStr("Basic.AdvAudio.Monitoring.None"), (int)OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_NONE);
-		monitoringType->addItem(QTStr("Basic.AdvAudio.Monitoring.MonitorOnly"),
-					(int)OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_MONITOR_ONLY);
 		monitoringType->addItem(QTStr("Basic.AdvAudio.Monitoring.Both"),
 					(int)OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_MONITOR_AND_OUTPUT);
+		monitoringType->setPlaceholderText(QTStr("Basic.AdvAudio.Monitoring.MonitorOnly"));
 		int mt = (int)obs_source_get_monitoring_type(source);
 		idx = monitoringType->findData(mt);
 		monitoringType->setCurrentIndex(idx);
diff --git a/frontend/components/VolumeControl.cpp b/frontend/components/VolumeControl.cpp
index 57a881df7..0e827d87d 100644
--- a/frontend/components/VolumeControl.cpp
+++ b/frontend/components/VolumeControl.cpp
@@ -818,27 +818,17 @@ void VolumeControl::handleMuteButton(bool mute)
 {
 	setMuted(mute);
 
-	if (obsMonitoringType != OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_NONE) {
-		if (mute) {
-			setMonitoring(OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_MONITOR_ONLY);
-		} else {
-			setMonitoring(OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_MONITOR_AND_OUTPUT);
-		}
+	if (!mute && obsMonitoringType == OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_MONITOR_ONLY) {
+		setMonitoring(OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_MONITOR_AND_OUTPUT);
 	}
 }
 
 void VolumeControl::handleMonitorButton(bool enableMonitoring)
 {
-	if (!enableMonitoring) {
-		setMonitoring(OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_NONE);
-		return;
-	}
+	obs_monitoring_type newType = (enableMonitoring) ? OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_MONITOR_AND_OUTPUT
+							 : OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_NONE;
 
-	if (obsMuted) {
-		setMonitoring(OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_MONITOR_ONLY);
-	} else {
-		setMonitoring(OBS_MONITORING_TYPE_MONITOR_AND_OUTPUT);
-	}
+	setMonitoring(newType);
 }
 
 void VolumeControl::sliderChanged(int vol)
diff --git a/frontend/data/locale/en-US.ini b/frontend/data/locale/en-US.ini
index 51ea30b4a..c8a2d08ac 100644
--- a/frontend/data/locale/en-US.ini
+++ b/frontend/data/locale/en-US.ini
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ Basic.AdvAudio.SyncOffsetSource="Sync Offset for '%1'"
 Basic.AdvAudio.Monitoring="Audio Monitoring"
 Basic.AdvAudio.Monitoring.None="Monitor Off"
 Basic.AdvAudio.Monitoring.MonitorOnly="Monitor Only (mute output)"
-Basic.AdvAudio.Monitoring.Both="Monitor and Output"
+Basic.AdvAudio.Monitoring.Both="Monitoring Enabled"
 Basic.AdvAudio.MonitoringSource="Audio Monitoring for '%1'"
 Basic.AdvAudio.AudioTracks="Tracks"