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squirelo
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Consider Making NoSleep Require Another Click to Turn Off
A single click on the menubar icon is all it takes to turn NoSleep on or off.
While this is convenient, is dangerous. There have been times that I intended
to click the menubar icon next to NoSleep, but missed and hit NoSleep instead.
The machine instantly shuts off, and I have to wait until I return home to open
the lid and wake the machine back up.
Would you consider making it just one click more to turn NoSleep off? Either by
adding a Turn NoSleep On/Off item to the drop down (and making a click on the
menubar icon activate the drop down like most icons do, rather than
right-click), or at least by popping up a confirmation dialog when turning it
off?
Sincerely,
Ben Spaulding
Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 24 Jul 2012 at 8:22
I have exactly this same problem. I have a remote machine in a difficult to
access location and if I accidently click the menubar icon, the connection is
immediately lost and I need to physically go to the machine (later) to
re-establish a connection.
Making a click on the menu bar and/or a confirmation dialog would be GREAT!
Now I just have to be really careful. I'm looking into if I can run just the
command line option and no menubar icon.
Original comment by [email protected] on 29 Aug 2012 at 2:29
Hello everyone,
In your situation I would recommend just not to use a menu bar application
(close it and turn autostart option off) and use System Preferences and command
line utility.
I don't see how it could be handled in a right way - I personally don't like
the confirmation dialog, maybe a double click...
What do you think if a double click solution will be good?
--Pavel
Original comment by [email protected] on 29 Aug 2012 at 2:43
What about menu available on single click with enable/disable item in it? This
is how it's seems to be generally handled in many other Mac OS X menu bar
icons, including e.g. Wi-Fi ("Turn Wi-Fi Off").
Original comment by [email protected] on 8 Oct 2012 at 5:30
I see how this change to a drop-down menu came about. I'm not a fan - the
on-click was a great way to turn a simple app on and off.
Original comment by [email protected] on 17 Nov 2014 at 11:45
Yeah, got used to one-click. Worked great for me. Especially because I use
Caffeine too to disable sleep timer often. So I already have to do two clicks.
Suggestion: Make one-click optional. Something like
"Click on menubar icon
[X] toggles NoSleep
[ ] shows NoSleep menu".
Best solution for all users and all needs.
Will cross-post this comment to the specific issue.
Original comment by [email protected] on 27 Nov 2014 at 2:29