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Dim display on inactivity #35315

Open AkazaRenn opened 2 weeks ago

AkazaRenn commented 2 weeks ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

When the system is inactive for a certain period of time, set the brightness of the display to a lower value. Windows had this option but removed it.

Scenario when this would be used?

  1. Protect OLED display on inactivity while still allow the screen content to be visible
  2. Save power spent on display on inactivity and extend screen uptime

Supporting information

There's a solution that re-adds the "dim display after" option in Power Plan, but per my tests the re-added option is no longer functioning.

Related: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/1052 This feature request is different from https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/13035

zongren commented 1 week ago

I think it would be better to detect inactivity for individual monitor, like focus lost for how long, then dim or fade that monitor.