Closed StefanHex closed 5 years ago
I'm pretty sure that feature won't be added to i3lock
itself. But you can achieve that very easily by wrapping the following into a script:
scrot
i3lock
Example, save the following into i3lock_screen.sh
and call it instead of i3lock
:
#!/bin/bash
IMAGE=/tmp/i3lock.png
scrot $IMAGE
i3lock -i $IMAGE
rm $IMAGE
Some people are even blurring the screen so that sensitive informations are hidden.
The method suggested by @eplanet of course won't help tracking an on-going process, but he is correct in that I don't think we want to add this to i3lock – it's a footgun, as you still leak information. I don't think the philosophy in i3lock fits that well, so I would suggest just using xtrlock in this case. Thanks for understanding!
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Current Behavior
When you use i3lock, it replaced the currently visible windows with a color or an image.
Expected Behavior
It would be nice if there was an option to lock the screen but not change it, i.e. let people see the screen content while the device is locked. (Basically what xtrlock does but with the nice i3lock features like the password indicator.) It would be useful e.g. if you (or others) want to check the progress of some slow process on your device without having to unlock it.
Environment
Output of
i3lock --version
: