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I have it running in Gnome Control Center. It looks a bit better there, and I've tweaked a couple things about the style, though it could still use some work....

And that, embedded in a simple dialog, which works: ![Screenshot from 2020-08-13 14-39-55](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2263150/90189993-08647400-dd73-11ea-9932-5f5eef62957a.png)

>I just installed Pop OS for the first time, and can't believe I am seeing this problem when the issue was raised over 2 years ago! I just joined GitHub...

We should check if this is happening under Ubuntu, since we're using the same fractional scaling patches.

Since charging thresholds are implemented using a standard sysfs interface, supported on some other hardware, we can potentially send a patch for this upstream. I've opened an upstream issue about...

I kind of like the way Asus supports this: https://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1032726/#3 They offer 3 modes: > A. Full Capacity Mode(Yellow color): Battery is charged to its full capacity for longer use...

After working on [some refactoring](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/merge_requests/845) of the cluttered battery code in Gnome Control Center, I have some insight on how it works. It normally displays the battery like this: ![Screenshot...

It looks like [Lenovo recommends](https://support.lenovo.com/fi/en/solutions/ht078208) somewhat different settings, but in similar categories to the Asus ones. "Optimizing for runtime (hours)" * 96%-100% "Optimizing for lifespan (years)" * 40%-50% when the...

And then there's the modes [Huawei offers](https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/content/en-us00688507/): > Family Mode: Suitable for when your computer is being charged continuously. In this mode, charging starts when the battery level drops below...

Based on [some discussion with upstream](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/upower/upower/-/merge_requests/49), it seems unlikely this will be accepted in Gnome currently, so we can probably work on implementing this specifically for Pop!_OS on System76 hardware,...