<![CDATA[Detect user activity?]]>Is there some way to detect global user activity from Qt? Like have an app sitting in the tray that can start a timer when the user moves the mouse or touches the keyboard and then stop that timer when there is no input for say 5 minutes?

I've done this before on Windows using global hooks, but I don’t think that's a thing on Mac/Linux and I want to make the app cross platform.

It doesn’t need to get the exact keys or mouse coordinates, just that they have or haven’t been touched. Or even just a generic message saying there was some sort of user input.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/134565/detect-user-activityRSS for NodeThu, 16 Apr 2026 19:24:34 GMTWed, 23 Feb 2022 05:00:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Detect user activity? on Wed, 23 Feb 2022 06:09:21 GMT]]>not in a platform neutral manner. Look at screensaver sourcecode. That does what you are looking for,

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