GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitor¶

Subclasses:: None

Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (37), Gio.Initable (2)
Structs:: GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	`new` ()
	`add_idle_watch` (interval_msec, callback, *user_data)
	`add_user_active_watch` (callback, *user_data)
	`get_idletime` ()
	`remove_watch` (id)

Virtual Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (7), Gio.Initable (1)

Properties¶

None

Signals¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Fields¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Name	Type	Access	Description
parent	`GObject.Object`	r

Class Details¶

class GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitor(**kwargs)¶

Bases:: GObject.Object, Gio.Initable
Abstract:: No
Structure:: GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitorClass

classmethod new()¶

Returns:: a new GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitor that tracks the server-global idletime for all devices.
Return type:: GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitor

add_idle_watch(interval_msec, callback, *user_data)¶

Parameters:

interval_msec (int) – The idletime interval, in milliseconds. It must be a strictly positive value (> 0).
callback (GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitorWatchFunc or None) – The callback to call when the user has accumulated interval_msec milliseconds of idle time.
user_data (object or None) – The user data to pass to the callback

Returns:

a watch id

Adds a watch for a specific idle time. The callback will be called when the user has accumulated interval_msec milliseconds of idle time. This function will return an ID that can either be passed to GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitor.remove_watch(), or can be used to tell idle time watches apart if you have more than one.

Also note that this function will only care about positive transitions (user’s idle time exceeding a certain time). If you want to know about when the user has become active, use GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitor.add_user_active_watch().

Return type:

int

add_user_active_watch(callback, *user_data)¶

Parameters:

callback (GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitorWatchFunc or None) – The callback to call when the user is active again.
user_data (object or None) – The user data to pass to the callback

Returns:

a watch id

Add a one-time watch to know when the user is active again. Note that this watch is one-time and will de-activate after the function is called, for efficiency purposes. It’s most convenient to call this when an idle watch, as added by GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitor.add_idle_watch(), has triggered.

Return type:

int

get_idletime()¶

Returns:: The current idle time, in milliseconds
Return type:: int

remove_watch(id)¶

Parameters:: id (int) – A watch ID

Removes an idle time watcher, previously added by GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitor.add_idle_watch() or GnomeDesktop.IdleMonitor.add_user_active_watch().