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