Bug 440947

Summary: Option to delay shutdown prompt/poweroff activation
Product: [Unmaintained] Powerdevil Reporter: Danny Medina <lyrixcaz>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: wishlist CC: meven29, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Attachments: Example Keyboard Layout (not restricted to pinebookpro)

Description Danny Medina 2021-08-14 00:09:45 UTC
Created attachment 140701 [details]
Example Keyboard Layout (not restricted to pinebookpro)

Please add the option to delay the activation of the shutdown prompt. For example I have a laptop that has the power button right on top of the delete/backspace key and very frequently when I'm typing i accidentally tap the power button; only to be presented with the shutdown screen and sometimes as i continue to type the laptop shuts down due to this.

Operating System: Manjaro-ARM
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.84.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.13.7-1-MANJARO-ARM (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 6
Memory: 3.8 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mali T860
Comment 1 Méven Car 2021-08-14 11:01:02 UTC
The option you are asking is a too niche to be implemented IMO.

I guess what you need is not a delay (there is a delay when the shutdown fullscreen dialog shows up) but a sound so that you can stop typing when this happens.

Or we could interpret keys, not arrows or enter to make a sound or dismiss the dialog then.

Or you could change the key association of your unconventionally placed shutdown button in the shorctuts settings.
Comment 2 Danny Medina 2021-08-15 17:03:00 UTC
(In reply to Méven Car from comment #1)
> The option you are asking is a too niche to be implemented IMO.
> 
> I guess what you need is not a delay (there is a delay when the shutdown
> fullscreen dialog shows up) but a sound so that you can stop typing when
> this happens.
> 
> Or we could interpret keys, not arrows or enter to make a sound or dismiss
> the dialog then.
> 
> Or you could change the key association of your unconventionally placed
> shutdown button in the shorctuts settings.

The idea is to prevent accidental shutdowns, so a delay instead of a tap to bring up the shutdown prompt I believe would be able to squash this..
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-08-16 18:03:07 UTC
I understand how annoying this must be!

The thing is, implementing the kind of delay you want needs to be implemented at a lower level: in hardware, in upower, or in the kernel drivers. My laptop for example already does implement this at one of those levels. If we implemented a different delay on top of it, I would have to press for even longer, and would risk accidentally force-shutting-down the machine.

Please report this issue upstream to one of the aforementioned locations.
Comment 4 Danny Medina 2021-08-16 21:49:47 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> I understand how annoying this must be!
> 
> The thing is, implementing the kind of delay you want needs to be
> implemented at a lower level: in hardware, in upower, or in the kernel
> drivers. My laptop for example already does implement this at one of those
> levels. If we implemented a different delay on top of it, I would have to
> press for even longer, and would risk accidentally force-shutting-down the
> machine.
> 
> Please report this issue upstream to one of the aforementioned locations.

Oh ok, now i get it. Yeah ill have to do that!
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2021-08-16 21:52:41 UTC
Thank you!