Bug 343869

Summary:	Activities : support screensaver and locking
Product:	[Unmaintained] kscreenlocker	Reporter:	Jean-Christophe Baptiste <jc>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bshah, ivan.cukic, mgraesslin, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Jean-Christophe Baptiste 2015-02-06 19:02:41 UTC

It is possible to set activity specific settings regarding power saving.
Regarding the screen, it would be nice to have the same for the screensaver and the lock settings.

In some activities, let's say teaching, I do not want to have my screen automatically locked, whereas in office situation I would like to have some aggressive period.

This would make a tool like Caffeine unecessary.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2015-12-15 17:02:05 UTC

@Ivan: any thoughts on that?

Comment 2 Ivan Čukić 2015-12-15 17:16:38 UTC

The power management is a real corner-case of activities, this would be as well.

Though I do see the use-case, and agree with it. Presentation mode and screen locking are a bad combo.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-11-04 19:59:56 UTC

This was discussed for the next-gen Activities refresh for Plasma 6, and ultimately we've decided against it. We're going to double down on Activities as providing containers for apps and the specific use cases they enable, and we think power management and lock screen settings make the most sense to be global, rather than per activity. Thanks for the idea anyway though!