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illiac786today at 4:11 AM2 repliesview on HN

In assuming you are not using your keyboard to set brightness because it’s an external display plugged into a laptop? Search for a DDC application for your desktop, it’s amazing, the brightness controls of your laptop will then control the external display as well. I use lunar on my MacBook, it was a revelation.


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treffertoday at 7:29 AM

Or switch to HDR if you have a capable display.

I was pleasantly surprised that HDR also means you can control brightness - it is all software I that case!

And the brightness keys on an external Apple keyboard work.

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hulitutoday at 12:52 PM

> In assuming you are not using your keyboard to set brightness

I prefer buttons on the monitor.

Using a game comtroller to change brightness is like driving a car from the back seat.