Created attachment 139513 [details] The “Inhibit automatic screen locking” checkbox in the battery panel. SUMMARY I think the label for this checkbox changed recently, but it still confuses me. This checkbox is negated the first time by “inhibit”. It could be un-negated by calling it “Enable automatic sleep and screen locking”. It is negated the second time by the additional label below it, which appears only when I uncheck it. It says “Falkon inhibits...”. So if I uncheck the checkbox it does inhibit, but when I check it it does not inhibit anymore? I want to disable screen locking. -> Uncheck “screen locking” -> wait, it is negated? -> Check “inihibit screen locking” -> Wait, I checked it and the message disappears? Is it no longer inhibited, i. e. screen locking is now enabled? -> Uncheck that weird checkbox. -> Now it writes “Falkon inhibits screen lock”, i. e. I don’t have screen lock. Wait, I unchecked that, i. e. I have screen lock now? Double negation is common in my mother tongue, but this is to much for me... STEPS TO REPRODUCE No. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: KDE neon 5.22 KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.1 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.83.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3
STEPS TO REPRODUCE Ah, yes: 1. Play a video in a video player or web browser.
I don't see multiple negation involved here. The screen normally locks automatically, which can be prevented under 2 circumstances: * The checkbox you mentioned is checked. * An application requests it (e.g. when video is playing). Given your description, I can see 3 potential problems: * The wording and placement of the label and its behavior when the checkbox is checked can confuse users. * When an application requests to inhibit the screen lock, there is no way for the user to re-enable automatic screen locking anyway. * "I want to disable screen locking." - given this premise I think there is a different bug that actually prevents the inhibition from working. The screen should not lock in any case while the video is playing.
There aren't any double negatives in the text anymore, so I'm not sure what you mean by "multi-negation". The problem with the proposed text "Enable automatic sleep and screen locking" is that that wouldn't an accurate description of what it does; this would imply that it is a way to turn on these things if they have been disabled from the KCM, which is not the case. The text used to have the word "manually" in there to emphasize that the checkbox is a manual toggle, but it was removed because the translated text was too long in other languages. Other suggestions are welcome.
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