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jonaskohl / CapsLockIndicator

A small utility that indicates the state of the Num lock, Caps lock and Scroll lock key.
https://cli.jonaskohl.de/
Apache License 2.0
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Show icons only when active #107

Closed jonaskohl closed 2 years ago

jonaskohl commented 2 years ago

Add an option to show a tray icon only when its corresponding key is active.

This suggestion was submitted by Alan Gordon via email

Original email text:

Hi! Very nice little utility! Thank you for creating this. I am not a programmer, so I could not create this myself.. I have an idea that would make this more visually useful to me...

Could you create a new option in the General tab: Show no icons when off/ only Show icon when on? (The checkbox could say, 'Hide icons when off')

This way, When I look at the screen, I either see an Icon (CapLock On) or I don't see an icon (CapLock Off).

This is how the keyboard lights work. Right now, I have to think about what red means, what green means..it is less intuitive, for me at least.

I hope you like this idea. Thank you for your consideration.

Alan Gordon

piec commented 2 years ago

Hi, I took a look at your source code and it seems to be implemented with alwaysShowWhenActive right? https://github.com/jonaskohl/CapsLockIndicator/blob/f92c2b7cbbe29f2dc05a0545d30a11e37e01c2f3/CapsLockIndicatorV3/MainForm.cs#L842