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A collection of configuration plugins used in cinnamon-settings
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FR: Add screen inactive timeout to Display Settings #338

Open duracell80 opened 3 months ago

duracell80 commented 3 months ago

Feature Request as a quick win for Display Settings. Duplicate the screen timeout into the Settings tab on the Display modal.

 * cinnamon-control-center 6.0.1
 * Mint 21.3
 * GPU Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2
 * 64 bit

Issue While using a multi PC setup a user may like their Linux Mint Desktop to stay active on a second screen, while using a different PC on their main display. There is currently a disconnected UX whereby trying to get to one useful setting for displays isn't yet possible in Display Settings and is located (logically) in the Power options.

Steps to reproduce launch "cinnamon-settings display" from terminal launch "cinnamon-settings power" from terminal

Expected behaviour Duplication of the power options relating only to the screen from Power to Display.

Other information Improves UX by not having to hunt and open the power options to control the display behavior.

Nice to have: When selecting "Never" as the option for turning off the screen, try to detect if the user is using an OLED panel and display an information box about taking care of OLED screens.