Re: Changing inactive behavior

Michael Campbell <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.misc.workrave.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:20:32 +0100
Rob Caelers <[email protected]> wrote:


> > Some possible solutions:
> > * Change the time workrave considers to be inactivity. On my install
> > (1.9.1) it seems to wait about 7 seconds and then starts resetting the
> > timers. I'd like to try that value at around 1 minute.
> 
> The delay can be configured, but not using the preferences GUI. You
> have to use regedit (on windows) or gconf-editor (on gnome)
> 
> regedit:
> CURRENT_USER/Software/Workrave/monitor/idle
> 
> gconf-editor:
> apps/workrave/monitor/idle
> 
> time is in milliseconds. Changing this settings is not recommended and not 
> supported. Values > 30 seconds may cause side-effects...
> 
> Feel free to try a nightly build to try the reading mode and give feedback.


Is there any way in Windows to have Workrave read mouse movement as "activity"?   I can watch the timer stop, then move the mouse (for a long time), and the timer doesn't start again.  I have to click (or mousewheel scroll).

Or is this by design?

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Michael Campbell <[email protected]>

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