microsoft/Terminal

Epic: Battery Saver Mode

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#9,600 opened on Mar 24, 2021

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written by @carlos-zamora

It'd be cool if Windows Terminal could be smart about battery consumption when in Low Power Mode or running on a battery (as opposed to a desktop being plugged in). Here's some ideas on what behavior could change:

  • Acrylic ideas:
    • Replace acrylic with mica
    • Disable acrylic / fall back to HostBackdropAcrylic when in low power mode
    • See also #7158 - disable that fix when in battery saver mode
    • also #11092
  • Renderer: reduce refresh rate
  • #5318 Cursor: blink less often or don't blink at all

Battery saving optimizations we should just do regardless

  • #12706
  • #1989

Put your ideas below!

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Investigate how to detect battery saver mode on Windows and explore the Terminal's rendering pipeline to understand where to disable acrylic or reduce refresh rate.
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