GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 128381
add a "lock screen" button to typing lock screen
Last modified: 2011-12-11 12:55:54 UTC
Drwright brings back the screen at the end of countdown during the lockout. For security reasons it would be a good idea to have an option to lock the desktop completely during the break, so you can safely walk away and trust the machine not to be tampered with after the end of the pause.
That would be nice. Updated the subject a bit to make it more clear, at least to me, but I'm not 100% sure it is actually still clear :)
How about the fact that you can [alt]-[tab] between windows during the break and still type in them?
No you can't (in 2.5.x).
richard, what do you think about the original request ?
Adding a button to the break screen for locking the screen would be pretty nice.
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Add a Lock button would also help with the fact that it is not safe at all to leave the machine during the break if the "Postpone" button is present, because it allows anybody to access the machine. This has been brought up in Fedora: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=152042
The typing monitor is not supposed to be considered safe in any way, postpone enabled or not... it even shows what's on the screen during breaks. It should be quite easy to add a lock button if someone wants to do it.
Created attachment 108288 [details] [review] add a lock button
I'd switch the button order, and IMO the Lock button shouldn't get focus by default.
And of course it means if you return from the screensaver before the break is up, we don't have the grab anymore, so you can e.g. bring up the alt-tab-menu...
I know. I just felt it was better than just nuking the break window altogether...
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Should probably use dbus to talk to gnome-screensaver instead of gnome-screensaver-command. Then we can also notice when the lock goes away and regrab the keyboard.
(In reply to comment #12) > Created an attachment (id=108288) [edit] > add a lock button This patch appears to erroneously (but harmlessly) duplicate the signals[DONE] = line.
Guys, this bug has 6 years, why is it take such a long time? I must say that it is very important feature, because most users leave the computer during typing break (thats the purpose of typing break, isn't it?). So it's natural consequence that they want the screen to be locked with password when they come back to work.
Agreed with Piotr... Should be more than necessary for security reasons.
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Not to be a spoilsport, but, if someone needs this feature, like me, there is an alternative: "workrave" http://www.workrave.org/welcome/
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Yes please!
Mass move to DrWright module. The code has been removed from the control-center, and put back in the drwright module as its interaction with the GNOME 3.x experience was not defined. See http://git.gnome.org/browse/drwright
Created attachment 186115 [details] [review] Add Lock button to break window Based on a patch by Matthias Clasen. Bug #128381.
Fixed on master.