I want to track how long i been away from my keyboard/how long i took a break. I figure tracking my keyboard and mouse is a good way to see when i left and arrived. Whats the best way to track this? Some options i see Have a system wide callback for every mouse and keyboard press. Sleep for a 100ms and see if there is a keydown or mousemovent Use a system call that actually tells me when the last userinput was and use a combo of the above for efficiently. (sleep until user is away, then use callback to track arrival)

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user key/mouse input tracking. C#

I want to track how long i been away from my keyboard/how long i took a break. I figure tracking my keyboard and mouse is a good way to see when i left and arrived. Whats the best way to track this? Some options i see

Have a system wide callback for every mouse and keyboard press.
Sleep for a 100ms and see if there is a keydown or mousemovent
Use a system call that actually tells me when the last userinput was and use a combo of the above for efficiently. (sleep until user is away, then use callback to track arrival)

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