Web Page Screensaver

Display webpages as your screensaver.

Inspired by its predecesor cwc/web-page-screensaver (Achived).

Binaries

Version	32-bit	64-bit
2.0.2-Alpha	Download	Download
Due to 10MB size limit by GitHub (the generated files are ~130MB), need to find an alternative way to publish these.

Workaround: Follow the debugging instructions and generate the files yourself.

Installation instructions

• Install the dependencies.
• Download The *.scr for your architecture.
• Right click the *.scr file. You have three options to choose from:

  • Select Test if you want to preview it in full screen. Note: Press ESC to exit the screensaver.

  • Select Configure to modify the screensaver settings. You should see this Window:

    

  • Select Install if you want it to be added to your list of Windows screensavers. The Windows Screen Saver Settings window will pop up with this screensaver selected.

Dependencies

Whether you are just installing it or building it, you need the following dependencies:

• .NET 5.0 (>= Preview 8) Desktop Runtime for Windows: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0
• Microsoft Edge Insider (Canary): https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/
• Windows 10.

Fixes and improvements

2.0.2-Alpha

• TFM is now targeting net5.0-windows (due to WinForms).
• Upgraded Microsoft.Web.WebView2 to 1.0.774.44.

2.0.1-Alpha

• Upgrade to .NET 5.0.
• Use Edge (WebView2) instead of Internet Explorer.

Known issues

2.0.1-Alpha

• The WinForms theme does not look nice in the published single-file binary. It looks fine when debugging or when building normally (not publishing). It may be caused by the trimming process, which removes what it thinks are unnecessary UI dependencies.
• After installing the *.scr, it's not possible to open the Settings window directly from the Windows Screen Saver Settings button. The workaround is to open the settings by directly double clicking on the *.scr file and configuring the screen saver from there.
• Close on mouse movement does not work because Edge is capturing the mouse movement events, preventing the screensaver from detecting them. The workaround is to press the Esc key.
• Publishing does not yet convert the generated *.exe to *.scr. The extension needs to be changed manually.
• Can't host the final *.scr files in GitHub due to the large size. Workaround is to build it yourself.

Contributing

Issues and PRs are welcome.

Debugging

• Install the dependencies.
• Clone the repo.
• Build with dotnet build.
• To debug from Visual Studio, edit the launchSettings.json file and set the "commandLineArgs" value to:
  • "/p" if you want to debug the screensaver itself.
  • "/c" if you want to debug the settings window.
• Generate a single *.exe by publishing the project using the *.pubxml files in the Properties/PublishProfiles folder. Then rename the *.exe to *.scr.