ElectronPowerSaveBlocker.start method

ElectronPowerSaveBlocker › start

Unofficial

Starts preventing the system from entering lower-power mode. Returns an integer identifying the power save blocker.

prevent-display-sleep has higher precedence over prevent-app-suspension. Only the highest precedence type takes effect. In other words, prevent-display-sleep always takes precedence over prevent-app-suspension.

Signature:

start(type: "prevent-app-suspension" | "prevent-display-sleep"): number

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
type	"prevent-app-suspension" | "prevent-display-sleep"	The kind of power save blocker to start.

Returns: number — The blocker id assigned to this power save blocker.