Pause timer on lock screen

workingtime

Hello,

when using working hours i noticed that it pauses the timer if i'm in a longer meeting and don't move the mouse.
Unfortunately this means that the tracked time is incorrect. I wish for a feature where the timer only pauses if the screen is locked and continues if log back in.

Thank you and greetings,

WorkingHours version: 2.6.11.0
OS + version: Windows 10

timo

This is not possible for technical reasons and has been explained before, for example here or here

clstclaire

I think there might be some apps/software available, somewhere (or maybe even a setting in Windows? I'm not 100% sure) that might help with this. For example, on Linux, we have an app called Insomnia that helps with stuff like this. Perhaps search the appropriate app store (Windows or Mac) and see if something like that might help?

workingtime

Can you explain in more detail why a pausing of the timer is not possible if i lock the screen or continue if i unlock the screen?
"For technical reasons" is rather vague. In Windows there's the SessionSwitchEventHandler with SessionSwitchReason.SessionLock and SessionSwitchReason.SessionUnlock counterpart. Wouldn't it be possible to use this somehow?

timo

workingtime In Windows there's the SessionSwitchEventHandler

This is a Win32 API.
WorkingHours is a UWP app that doesn't have access to those APIs (or only a small subset outlined here).

workingtime

Ah ok! That explains it. Thank you