@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ The :guilabel:`Battery` tab has settings for monitoring your battery power level
The field :guilabel:`Enable Battery Watcher` Watches the battery on your system. The field :guilabel:`When Power is low then:` lets you choose what to do when your batter is low. The :guilabel:`Warning` field provides a duration to show a warning for low power. To change the level for low level of battery change the :guilabel:`Level is low at` field. The checkbox :guilabel:`Use icons from theme` changes the appearance of your battery to be the battery icon from your icon theme. If you are using a virtual machine or desktop without a battery and get annoyed that notification saying no battery at first login simply uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable Battery Watcher` checkbox. To see what your battery will look like it is under the text :guilabel:`Preview` text in the bottom of the screen.
The :guilabel:`Lid` tab manages settings for when you close your laptop lid. The lid watcher lets you choose to suspend or shut off your computer when the lid is closed on battery or on AC. The checkbox for :guilabel:`Enable Lid Watcher` enables actions to be taken when the laptop lid is closed and of course unchecking means it won't take any action. The :guilabel:`On battery` field changes what action to take when your laptop which each does it like it sounds like. The :guilabel:`On AC` is changes what action to take when your laptop lid is closed and it is plugged into power.
The :guilabel:`Lid` tab manages settings for when you close your laptop lid. The lid watcher lets you choose to suspend or shut off your computer when the lid is closed on battery or on AC. The checkbox for :guilabel:`Enable Lid Watcher` enables actions to be taken when the laptop lid is closed and of course uncheck means it won't take any action. The :guilabel:`On battery` field changes what action to take when your laptop which each does it like it sounds like. The :guilabel:`On AC` is changes what action to take when your laptop lid is closed and it is plugged into power.
..image:: lidwatcher.png
..image:: lidwatcher.png
The Checkbox :guilabel:`When using external monitor` Allows you to have different settings when your laptop for closing the lid if you are plugged in to an external monitor. The fields :guilabel:`On Battery` and :guilabel:`On AC` function as above just different settings when plugged into an external monitor.
The :guilabel:`Idle` tab manages what happens when you walk away from your keyboard. The :guilabel:`When idle then` you select whether you want to do nothing, Lock Screen, Suspend, hibernate, Shutdown or turn off monitor. The :guilabel:`Idle time` fields tell you how long to wait when you are away before the idleness watcher takes the action you wish.
To enable changing the backlight brightness when your computer is idle check the :guilabel:`Enable Backlight Change` checkbox. To change the brightnesss of your screen when idle change the :guilabel:`Backlight` slider. To change how long to reduce your brightness on your laptop change the :guilabel:`Idle time` field. To have the screen reduce brightness even when plugged in uncheck the :guilabel:`On battery discharging` checkbox.
To enable changing the backlight brightness when your computer is idle check the :guilabel:`Enable Backlight Change` checkbox. To change the brightness of your screen when idle change the :guilabel:`Backlight` slider. To change how long to reduce your brightness on your laptop change the :guilabel:`Idle time` field. To have the screen reduce brightness even when plugged in uncheck the :guilabel:`On battery discharging` checkbox.
To reset your changes press the :guilabel:`Reset` button. To close Power Management press the :kbd:`Escape` key or press the :guilabel:`Close` button.
