GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 499165
Add a clock to lock screen dialog
Last modified: 2011-03-06 12:11:13 UTC
A lot of times I want to know the time and I think that would be useful that gnome-screensaver lock screen window shows a clock (maybe digital would be better as it's smaller). This is not the same as bug 481381 , because I am not suggesting the creation of another screensaver, I only suggest adding a clock to lock screen. Thanks a lot
Created attachment 99526 [details] 1.png Lock Screen Dialog
*** Bug 526500 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This would be really useful for me. A lot of the time I log in just in order to find out the time. I should really install more clocks in my house, but the laptop's often convenient; I don't like wearing a watch and I don't carry a mobile phone. Of course, on this occasion I logged in just in order to find out the time, and then decided I was fed up of that and went looking for this bug report. But on *other* occasions I lock the screen immediately afterwards. :-)
I think it would help to provide a mock-up screenshot of the dialog with the clock. Putting a clock is not hard, the difficulty is to make it at the same time easy to read and not disturbing or distracting in this dialog which is already crowed (4 buttons to unlock your computer!). Pacho, care to have a try at a mock-up?
Created attachment 119602 [details] 2.png One option could be simply add a digital clock for knowing the time
Created attachment 119603 [details] 3.png Other option could be use an analog clock (there are more beautiful clocks in gnome-look.org), but it would be a bit harder to make it coexist with user image. About buttons, I always have dubt about "Cancel" button being useful at all
This is a request that has often been made to me by non-tech-savvy friends. It would also be useful to me.
*** Bug 574662 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 582292 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Additional info: Mac OS X has this feature on screensavers. They do it as an overlay, which sometimes isn't pretty, but it's damned convenient. Personally, I'd rather leave it a bit customizeable (as to its position and size) but still leave it as an overlay. A simple implementation would be just to put it at the username/password prompt, so you see it only when you move the mouse and stuff.
Created attachment 146658 [details] [review] Proposed patch adding a simple digital clock to the gnome screensaver password dialog This adds a simple digital clock to the password dialog. It uses clock(2) for time input and POSIX locale stuff to determine the format. Patch is for the 2.28.0 release.
Thanks, but it's usually better to generate patches with "-u" option: diff -u oldfile newfile ;-)
ok. I have never done this before. I hope it will be includev in the next release.
Is my patch going to be approved? It's not in trunk now. Maybe this bug should be assigned to someone who could merge the patch?
I'd also like to see a clock added to the lock screen dialog.
Fixed in master.
Thanks a lot