New applet mod for Linux Mint Cinnamon: betterlockPlus

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Title says it all. Modded the current incarnation of the betterlock applet to a better version - at least for some.
After being almost done I noticed there were a couple attempts at part of what I've already implemented, namely tooltip and Scroll Lock. This means you may have choices. May.

Here's a quick screenshot and a download link; more details on my blog here.

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Download:

betterlockPlus@drugwash 1.4.1.zip

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Old (initial version)

betterlockPlus@drugwash 1.0.1.zip

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BetterlockPlus can now be found at GitHub too.

[Drugwash]

Updated to v1.2.0. Changes:
- modified Settings panel

Custom settings are now independent to one-another.

Here is a composition of screenshots of the new Settings panel taken under several different themes:

betterlockPlus@drugwash 1.2.0.zip

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[Drugwash]

Updated to v1.3.0. Changes:
- default icon size now observes the panel icon size instead of a hardcoded value
- fixed initial tooltip being set unconditionally

betterlockPlus@drugwash 1.3.0.zip

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[Drugwash]

Updated to v1.3.1. Changes:
- fixed wrong text color in icon for default mode
- removed ability to show/hide widgets in Settings due to inability to start with hidden elements (Python? Mint? Me...?)

betterlockPlus@drugwash 1.3.1.zip

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[Drugwash]

Updated to v1.4.1.

- This is a somehow experimental version. It adds support for changing display backlight (laptops/notebooks) and hopefully keyboard backlight.
The keyboard part is mostly guesswork since I do not have a good backlit keyboard to test with. The Logitech G15 that's laying around, besides being partly defective isn't detected as backlight-capable even after installing its drivers/libraries/whatever, so can't test the applet with it. If you test it and it works I'd be happy to receive feedback.
- Tooltip font can now have custom size.
- The layout of the icons can be forced to either horizontal or vertical, icon size allowing.
- There's an extra option to display radio buttons and checkboxes instead of toggle buttons, in the Settings dialog. This is just a visual gimmick but it can help spotting themes that do not care about those elements' alignment. I wonder why all good things become deprecated, being replaced with ugly, unfriedly and space-consuming ones. Here's the alternative appearance:

Download link is in first post. Enjoy!