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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon ChrisCarini

Automatically detect power cord status for laptops

Open ChrisCarini opened this issue 5 years ago • 7 comments

As as user, it would be neat if the IDE / plugin could identify when a laptop was on battery or AC power.

This has been requested a few times:

  • https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-119217
  • https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-134314
  • https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-181434

Some existing 'prior art' can be found here:

  • https://github.com/algi/powersource-monitor-intellij
  • https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/master/platform/platform-impl/src/org/jetbrains/io/PowerSupplyKit.java (removed on 2019-10-31 in intellij-community GitHub repo commit revision number 4ce0b0496d4276241e80f10dddcbf189d7698358 - see https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/de145675c4b585c0223a80033f55428c74958e0d/platform/platform-impl/src/org/jetbrains/io/PowerSupplyKit.java for when this file was originally added.)

User Stories

The below are user stories that should be satisfied when this issue/feature/enhancement gets implemented.

  • "I want to be able to have the plugin automatically detect when my device is running on battery vs AC, and act more 'intelligently' in each state. Some examples: (a) When running on AC, turn 'power save mode' off ignore any [un-]focus settings of the plugin; (b) when running on battery, turn 'power save mode' on and ignore any [un-]focus settings of the plugin.
  • From https://github.com/ChrisCarini/jetbrains-auto-power-saver/issues/89 : "As a user, I want to be able to set IDEA to power save mode manually when my laptop is running on battery. In this case power save mode must remain turned on until I manually turn it off."

ChrisCarini avatar Nov 29 '19 06:11 ChrisCarini

Another example that seems fairly simple: https://github.com/jonathanlermitage/intellij-battery-status-plugin

ChrisCarini avatar Sep 19 '20 07:09 ChrisCarini

FYI, they implemented a below/above a certain charge percentage switch in the Battery Status plugin last year: https://github.com/jonathanlermitage/intellij-battery-status-plugin/issues/5#issuecomment-1492797799

Be sure to note there is currently a visualisation state bug in JetBrains IDEA. Which makes using the Power Safe Mode toggle slightly annoying: ~~https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WI-76406~~

The above ticket is closed as duplicate of this general JetBrains IDEA ticket: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-331139

HenkPoley avatar Feb 28 '24 09:02 HenkPoley

This is great, thank you for sharing @HenkPoley !

I still have not had the time to sit down and implement this feature yet, but it's still on my radar and of interest to me. Of course, if anyone is interested in giving it a shot, I'm open to PRs!

ChrisCarini avatar Mar 10 '24 15:03 ChrisCarini

Part of the visualization bug is fixed.

Still has similar bugs in:

  • Show Diff
  • Sticky Lines

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-72740/

HenkPoley avatar Apr 25 '24 13:04 HenkPoley

New tickets for those:

  • https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-148846 - Sticky Lines don't appear after disabling Power Save Mode
  • https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-148844 - Power Save Mode: diff line highlighting disappears on enabling PSM and doesn't appear on disabling

HenkPoley avatar Apr 26 '24 09:04 HenkPoley

Thank you @HenkPoley ! I've stared and voted for both issues!

ChrisCarini avatar Apr 28 '24 09:04 ChrisCarini

One bug fixed in 2024.2, this one remains:

  • https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-148846 - Sticky Lines don't appear after disabling Power Save Mode

HenkPoley avatar Aug 13 '24 07:08 HenkPoley