[Feature] Separate Gaming mode into additional Efficiency/Eco mode

[Acumane]

~~Describe the bug: When Gaming mode is enabled, keybinds for opening the search bar do not work~~

• Windows 11 Version: 22H2 Insiders (Build 22622.290)
• Fluent Search Version: 0.9.91.9993 Nightly

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Feature Request

An Efficiency/Eco mode that halts background processing and reduces memory usage without disabling the key listener (and would ideally persist between sessions). Us with lower-end/mobile devices would really appreciate it!

[adirh3]

@Acumane when gaming mode is enabled, Fluent Search will not invoke on any hotkeys, that's the intended behavior to not interrupt while gaming.

There is a setting called Ignore hotkeys on foreground processes which let you disable hotkeys only when a specific process is in focus, you might want to look at that.

[Acumane]

@Acumane when gaming mode is enabled, Fluent Search will not invoke on any hotkeys, that's the intended behavior to not interrupt while gaming.

Ah, got it. I'm currently using it to remedy issues #628 and #346 regarding high idle CPU usage:

When enabled Fluent Search will stop all background processing and reduce memory usage

I've changed the ticket to a feature request for an additional Eco/efficiency mode that won't disable the key listener.

[adirh3]

@Acumane background usage has been reduced to almost zero on idle. You can try the latest nightly version to check it out. Let me know if it worked for you, thanks.

[Acumane]

@adirh3 At first glance it seems to have improved! First time it's gone to zero, though still often over 1-2% for me. A few other things on the nightly:

• Tray context menu doesn't open on right click
• Settings get stuck on open:
• Search bar breaks (can't type, either):

Let me know if I should open a separate ticket for these

[adirh3]

Thanks for testing @Acumane! It is expected to go to 2% occasionally if gaming mode is not enabled or process content search is enabled, but idle should be 0 most of the time. You should see the jump when switching between apps, as Fluent Search indexes the content for search. If you don't use Process in app content search, I suggest disabling that in Settings -> Processes -> In app content search (which is almost equivalent to Gaming mode now). Let me know if doing that gets you the expected CPU usage.

As for the two issues you find, it would help if you can open an issue with explanation of how to repro these. Thanks again!