Activiate Idle Mode via Shortcut

[Jackalolz]

Pretty self explanatory. Id love the option of having a CNRL + SHIFT + KEY short key to activate / trigger idle mode without relying on the internal counter.

Most of the time my computer is set to always awake and at times my idle time wont be triggered from a 5-minute phone call or a toilet break. Id love the option of a hotkey to trigger a black screen instead of turning my display off which will move all my applications to the second monitor I have connected.

[JPersson77]

Hi @Jackalolz you can trigger the user idle mode via command line parameter -idle. See more details here

To use it with a keyboard shortcut you can put a normal windows shortcut on the desktop pointing to "c:/program files/lgtv companion/lgtv companion.exe" -idle , and then add a keyboard shortcut to the newly created shortcut. This should be the easiest method, but I use AutoHotKey myself for shortcut needs because I find it more reliable.

Edit:
If you are interested in loooking at AutoHotKey here is a simple script which binds CTRL+SHIFT+K to trigger user idle mode
^+K::Run, "c:/program files/lgtv companion/lgtv companion.exe" -idle ,, Hide

[Jackalolz]

Made a few changes in the above with my little knowledge of scripting. Kept getting a wrong version error since downloading AutoHotKey V2.0+, Syntax has changed. Also changed the hotkey to Control, Alt, Shift, K since it natively does nothing on mac and windows.

^!+K::Run ' "c:/program files/lgtv companion/lgtv companion.exe" -idle'