Dim inactive monitor after x seconds

[Coeluh]

I've got a 2screen desktop setup here: One primary display and a secondary. Sometimes when I watch a movie on primary I want to not turn off my secondary monitor but I want to dim it. Sometimes something important happens on the secondary screen and then the primary can be dimmed. Could there be some inactivity delay, based on mouse movements on a dispay and the possibility to select which monitors it affects? Dim screen partially does this, but I'm no coding experd.

[Coeluh]

The time should be configurable 2 too and also the level of transparency and the time it fades...

[skrommel]

  Test this script for me, I'm single monitor at the moment.

It only shows the level of inactivity of the monitors.

Skrommel

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monitor1limit=60
monitor2limit=60

#SingleInstance,Force
#NoEnv
#Persistent,On
CoordMode,Mouse,Screen

SysGet,monitorcount,MonitorCount
Loop,% monitorcount
{
  SysGet,monitor%A_Index%,Monitor,%A_Index%
  monitor%A_Index%idle=0 
}

SetTimer,CHECK,1000
Return

CHECK:
times=
MouseGetPos,mx,my,mwin,mctrl
Loop,% monitorcount
{
  If A_TimeIdlePhysical>1000
    monitor%A_Index%idle+=1
  Else
  If (mx>=monitor%A_Index%Left And mx<=monitor%A_Index%Right And my>=monitor%A_Index%Top And my<=monitor%A_Index%Bottom)
    monitor%A_Index%idle=0
  times.=A_Index "=" monitor%A_Index%idle "`n"
  If (monitor%A_Index%idle>monitor%A_Index%limit And monitor%A_Index%limit>0)
    GoSub,DIM
}
ToolTip,% times
Return

DIM:
MsgBox,DIM!
Return

[Coeluh]

Test this script for me, I'm single monitor at the moment.

It only shows the level of inactivity of the monitors.

Skrommel

[Select]

monitor1limit=60
monitor2limit=60

#SingleInstance,Force
#NoEnv
#Persistent,On
CoordMode,Mouse,Screen

SysGet,monitorcount,MonitorCount
Loop,% monitorcount
{
  SysGet,monitor%A_Index%,Monitor,%A_Index%
  monitor%A_Index%idle=0 
}

SetTimer,CHECK,1000
Return

CHECK:
times=
MouseGetPos,mx,my,mwin,mctrl
Loop,% monitorcount
{
  If A_TimeIdlePhysical>1000
    monitor%A_Index%idle+=1
  Else
  If (mx>=monitor%A_Index%Left And mx<=monitor%A_Index%Right And my>=monitor%A_Index%Top And my<=monitor%A_Index%Bottom)
    monitor%A_Index%idle=0
  times.=A_Index "=" monitor%A_Index%idle "`n"
  If (monitor%A_Index%idle>monitor%A_Index%limit And monitor%A_Index%limit>0)
    GoSub,DIM
}
ToolTip,% times
Return

DIM:
MsgBox,DIM!
Return

-skrommel (March 24, 2009, 06:21 PM)

It shows a tooltip and 1=(secs) 2=(secs)

When you do nothing they start adding up by one. Of you move the mouse on a monitor, the monitor (1 or 2) count resets. Good so far eh? But when you move the mouse, the number of the monitor that is not active also stops adding up. I changed the limit to 5 secs, because I did not wanted to wait. It said DIM! after 5 secs of 'inactivity' on a monitor.

[Coeluh]

Any progress yet?

[Coeluh]

Maybe now?