diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/DeviceListItem.qml b/applet/contents/ui/DeviceListItem.qml
--- a/applet/contents/ui/DeviceListItem.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/DeviceListItem.qml
@@ -22,9 +22,21 @@
 
 ListItemBase {
     readonly property var currentPort: Ports[ActivePortIndex]
+    property bool onlyOne: false
 
     draggable: false
-    label: currentPort ? i18nc("label of device items", "%1 (%2)", currentPort.description, Description) : Description
+    label: {
+        if (!currentPort) {
+            return Description
+        } else {
+            if (onlyOne) {
+                return currentPort.description
+            } else {
+                return i18nc("label of device items", "%1 (%2)", currentPort.description, Description)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    labelOpacity: onlyOne ? 1 : 0.6
     icon: {
         switch(FormFactor) {
             case "internal":
diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml b/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
--- a/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     id: item
 
     property alias label: textLabel.text
+    property alias labelOpacity: textLabel.opacity
     property alias draggable: dragArea.enabled
     property alias icon: clientIcon.source
     property string type
diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/StreamListItem.qml b/applet/contents/ui/StreamListItem.qml
--- a/applet/contents/ui/StreamListItem.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/StreamListItem.qml
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@
 import org.kde.plasma.private.volume 0.1
 
 ListItemBase {
-    label: Client ? i18nc("label of stream items", "%1: %2", Client.name, Name) : Name
+    property bool onlyOne: false
+
+    label: {
+        if (! Client) {
+            return Name
+        } else {
+            if (onlyOne) {
+                return Client.name
+            } else {
+                return i18nc("label of stream items", "%1 (%2)", Client.name, Name)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    labelOpacity: onlyOne ? 1 : 0.6
     icon: IconName
 }
diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/main.qml b/applet/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/applet/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -330,13 +330,14 @@
                 ColumnLayout {
                     id: streamsView
                     visible: tabBar.currentTab == streamsTab
+                    readonly property bool simpleMode: (sinkInputView.count >= 1 && sourceOutputView.count == 0) || (sinkInputView.count == 0 && sourceOutputView.count >= 1)
                     property int maximumWidth: scrollView.viewport.width
                     width: maximumWidth
                     Layout.maximumWidth: maximumWidth
 
                     Header {
                         Layout.fillWidth: true
-                        visible: sinkInputView.count > 0
+                        visible: sinkInputView.count > 0 && !streamsView.simpleMode
                         text: i18n("Playback Streams")
                     }
                     ListView {
@@ -354,12 +355,13 @@
                         delegate: StreamListItem {
                             type: "sink-input"
                             draggable: sinkView.count > 1
+                            onlyOne: streamsView.simpleMode
                         }
                     }
 
                     Header {
                         Layout.fillWidth: true
-                        visible: sourceOutputView.count > 0
+                        visible: sourceOutputView.count > 0 && !streamsView.simpleMode
                         text: i18n("Capture Streams")
                     }
                     ListView {
@@ -377,21 +379,23 @@
                         delegate: StreamListItem {
                             type: "source-input"
                             draggable: sourceView.count > 1
+                            onlyOne: streamsView.simpleMode
                         }
                     }
                 }
 
                 ColumnLayout {
                     id: devicesView
                     visible: tabBar.currentTab == devicesTab
+                    readonly property bool simpleMode: sinkView.count == 1 && sourceView.count == 1
                     property int maximumWidth: scrollView.viewport.width
                     width: maximumWidth
                     Layout.maximumWidth: maximumWidth
 
                     Header {
                         id: sinkViewHeader
                         Layout.fillWidth: true
-                        visible: sinkView.count > 0
+                        visible: sinkView.count > 0 && !devicesView.simpleMode
                         text: i18n("Playback Devices")
                     }
                     ListView {
@@ -409,13 +413,14 @@
                         boundsBehavior: Flickable.StopAtBounds;
                         delegate: DeviceListItem {
                             type: "sink"
+                            onlyOne: devicesView.simpleMode
                         }
                     }
 
                     Header {
                         id: sourceViewHeader
                         Layout.fillWidth: true
-                        visible: sourceView.count > 0
+                        visible: sourceView.count > 0 && !devicesView.simpleMode
                         text: i18n("Capture Devices")
                     }
                     ListView {
@@ -433,6 +438,7 @@
                         boundsBehavior: Flickable.StopAtBounds;
                         delegate: DeviceListItem {
                             type: "source"
+                            onlyOne: devicesView.simpleMode
                         }
                     }
                 }