Chromebook kiosk mode battery status

[ronaldrosing]

I have a handful of chromebooks, each running in Kiosk mode, auto starting a single app - Citrix Workspace App.
We are using Citrix Xenapp 7.18.
Is there any option to show the battery status from the Chromebook?
 

[Nick Fuchs1709160433]

Hi Ronald - I'm not aware that this currently exists. I know this doesn't really help and I'm sure you're already aware but battery life can be observed by hitting CTRL+ALT+S at startup of the device.  

 

It's worth noting that one of the positive things about Chrome OS is that it's an open source operating system, and allows anyone to read about bugs, make feature requests and even influence the prioritization of those features. It looks like this feature you mention was opened in 2016 -- I recommend that you hit the star button in the top left hand corner which signifies interest in the issue for the dev team: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=591133&q=battery display in kiosk mode&sort=-modified&colspec=ID Pri M Stars ReleaseBlock Component Status Owner Summary OS Modified

 

Cheers.

 

Edited September 24, 2019 by nfuchs15
Removed accidental copy+pasted image.

[Brian Korrow]

I modified my storefront for this exact case. Add this custom code to Script.js on Storefront 3.x. 

 

This displays clock and battery life for Workspace on chromeos. Note: Battery isn’t supported for Windows client, but clock will work. 
 

 

(function () {

    var div2 = document.createElement("div");

    document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(div2);

    div2.outerHTML = "<div id='txt' style='height: 50px; width: 150px; color: white; top: 0; left: 60%; border-left: 2px solid white; border-right: 2px solid white; border-bottom: 2px solid white;  background-color: #1378a6; font-size: 18px; font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; position:fixed; cursor: pointer;text-align:center'></div>"; 

    startTime();

function startTime() {

  var today = new Date();

  var h = today.getHours();

  var m = today.getMinutes();

  var s = today.getSeconds();

  m = checkTime(m);

  s = checkTime(s);

    

  document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML = "<b>The Time is Now <br>" + h + ":" + m + ":" + s +"</b>";

  var t = setTimeout(startTime, 500);

}

function checkTime(i) {

  if (i < 10) {i = "0" + i};  // add zero in front of numbers < 10

  return i;

}

}());

 

 

 

 

var div3 = document.createElement("div");

    document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(div3);

    div3.outerHTML = "<div id='batt' style='height: 50px; width: 150px; color: white; top: 0; left: 75%; border-left: 2px solid white; border-right: 2px solid white; border-bottom: 2px solid white; background-color: #1378a6; font-size: 18px; font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; position:fixed; cursor: pointer;text-align:center'></div>";

 

 

navigator.getBattery().then(function(battery) {

  var battDiv = document.getElementById('batt');

  var battL = battery.level;

  battL= battL.toFixed(2);

  document.getElementById('batt').innerHTML = "<b>Battery <br>" + battL*100 +"%</b>";

  if (battery.level > .75){

    battDiv.style.backgroundColor='green';

        battDiv.style.color='white'; 

  }

  else if (battery.level > .5){

      battDiv.style.backgroundColor='yellow';

      battDiv.style.color='black';

  }

  else if (battery.level > .25){

    battDiv.style.backgroundColor='orange';

    battDiv.style.color='white'; 

  }

  else {

    battDiv.style.backgroundColor='red';

    battDiv.style.color='white'; 

}

 

  battery.addEventListener('levelchange', function() {

    var battDiv = document.getElementById('batt');

    var battL = this.level;

    battL= battL.toFixed(2);

    document.getElementById('batt').innerHTML = "<b>Battery <br>" + battL*100 +"%</b>";

    if (this.level > .75){

    battDiv.style.backgroundColor='green';

        battDiv.style.color='white';

    }

    else if (this.level > .5){

      battDiv.style.backgroundColor='yellow';

      battDiv.style.color='black';       

    }

    else if (this.level > .25){

    battDiv.style.backgroundColor='orange';

    battDiv.style.color='white';

    }

    else {

    this.style.backgroundColor='red';

    battDiv.style.color='white';

    }

 

    

  });

});

 

[Brian Korrow]

[Nick Fuchs1709160433]

@Brian  - This is great work. I'll take a look at implementing this in our lab environment and share any feedback. Will reach out via private message as well.

 

[ronaldrosing]

On 10/2/2019 at 6:12 AM, Brian Korrow said:

I modified my storefront for this exact case. Add this custom code to Script.js on Storefront 3.x. 

 

This displays clock and battery life for Workspace on chromeos. Note: Battery isn’t supported for Windows client, but clock will work. 
 

 

(function () {

    var div2 = document.createElement("div");

    document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(div2);

    div2.outerHTML = "<div id='txt' style='height: 50px; width: 150px; color: white; top: 0; left: 60%; border-left: 2px solid white; border-right: 2px solid white; border-bottom: 2px solid white;  background-color: #1378a6; font-size: 18px; font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; position:fixed; cursor: pointer;text-align:center'></div>"; 

    startTime();

function startTime() {

  var today = new Date();

  var h = today.getHours();

  var m = today.getMinutes();

  var s = today.getSeconds();

  m = checkTime(m);

  s = checkTime(s);

    

  document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML = "<b>The Time is Now <br>" + h + ":" + m + ":" + s +"</b>";

  var t = setTimeout(startTime, 500);

}

function checkTime(i) {

  if (i < 10) {i = "0" + i};  // add zero in front of numbers < 10

  return i;

}

}());

 

 

 

 

var div3 = document.createElement("div");

    document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(div3);

    div3.outerHTML = "<div id='batt' style='height: 50px; width: 150px; color: white; top: 0; left: 75%; border-left: 2px solid white; border-right: 2px solid white; border-bottom: 2px solid white; background-color: #1378a6; font-size: 18px; font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; position:fixed; cursor: pointer;text-align:center'></div>";

 

 

navigator.getBattery().then(function(battery) {

  var battDiv = document.getElementById('batt');

  var battL = battery.level;

  battL= battL.toFixed(2);

  document.getElementById('batt').innerHTML = "<b>Battery <br>" + battL*100 +"%</b>";

  if (battery.level > .75){

    battDiv.style.backgroundColor='green';

        battDiv.style.color='white'; 

  }

  else if (battery.level > .5){

      battDiv.style.backgroundColor='yellow';

      battDiv.style.color='black';

  }

  else if (battery.level > .25){

    battDiv.style.backgroundColor='orange';

    battDiv.style.color='white'; 

  }

  else {

    battDiv.style.backgroundColor='red';

    battDiv.style.color='white'; 

}

 

  battery.addEventListener('levelchange', function() {

    var battDiv = document.getElementById('batt');

    var battL = this.level;

    battL= battL.toFixed(2);

    document.getElementById('batt').innerHTML = "<b>Battery <br>" + battL*100 +"%</b>";

    if (this.level > .75){

    battDiv.style.backgroundColor='green';

        battDiv.style.color='white';

    }

    else if (this.level > .5){

      battDiv.style.backgroundColor='yellow';

      battDiv.style.color='black';       

    }

    else if (this.level > .25){

    battDiv.style.backgroundColor='orange';

    battDiv.style.color='white';

    }

    else {

    this.style.backgroundColor='red';

    battDiv.style.color='white';

    }

 

    

  });

});

 

thank you but what if i already logged in my citrix session? We are using server shared deskyops in our environment. This is only when logging in right?

[Brian Korrow]

Looking into that.  Regardless of session desktop, virtual desktop, or published app it’s going to take up the whole screen because of kiosk mode. I’m looking to see if it’s possible to hang the indicator off of the session window. 

[Kerry Barnes1709159842]

Hi Brian,

 

Did you get anywhere with this? Would be great to see the battery status in a session. 

[ronaldrosing]

On 5/5/2020 at 8:57 AM, Kerry Barnes1709159842 said:

Hi Brian,

 

Did you get anywhere with this? Would be great to see the battery status in a session. 

No still the same. No solution.