Features/Display Device

Summary

A frame device to control the display. The idea is to add their an option to change the brightness and to take a screenshot. Both actions are only available via the keyboard as of today.

Owner

• Name: Martin Abente

Current status

• Targeted release: 0.106
• Last updated: 2015-05-15
• Percentage of completion: 100%

Detailed Description

The display frame device will add an option to change the brightness of the display and to take a screenshot (alt+1). Both actions are only available via the keyboard as of today.

Benefit to Sugar

Expose features that are otherwise undiscoverable. Portability to systems other than the XO laptop that have backlight brightness controls handled by GNOME or Unity desktops.

Scope

This Feature affects only the Sugar module. It is an extension.

UI Design

How To Test

Features/Display Device/Testing

Contingency Plan

Not including.

Documentation

Patch that adds a frame device icon which let's you take a screenshot: http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/0001-Frame-device-for-the-disaply.patch

Comments and Discussion

• See discussion tab for this feature

• Mockup sketches of possible Display device icons, palette, features
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  Display device placement in the frame
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  Display device icon mockups
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  Candidate icon, possibly ray length or fill percent to indicate current setting (as per Volume device)
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  Display device palette mockup, just brightness and black & white features (HDMI or screen shot features might also go here)