[GH-ISSUE #273] Change brightness in 1% increments #215

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opened 2026-05-05 05:25:40 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments

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Originally created by @quantumgolem on GitHub (Aug 3, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/issues/273

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Some monitors have a strange flickering issue when changing brightness through DDC, as described in this issue.

Describe the solution you'd like
To avoid the issue, the brightness needs to gradually be changed down. For example, instead of telling the monitor to go to 20% from 80%, it can be told to go to 79%, then 78%, then 77%, etc. all the way to 20%. This would prevent the flickering issue.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I have considered using a bash script with ddcctl, but that seems strange heh

Originally created by @quantumgolem on GitHub (Aug 3, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/issues/273 **Checklist**  - [ ] I have searched for existing issues **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** Some monitors have a strange flickering issue when changing brightness through DDC, as described in [this issue](https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl/issues/63). **Describe the solution you'd like** To avoid the issue, the brightness needs to gradually be changed down. For example, instead of telling the monitor to go to 20% from 80%, it can be told to go to 79%, then 78%, then 77%, etc. all the way to 20%. This would prevent the flickering issue. **Describe alternatives you've considered** I have considered using a bash script with ddcctl, but that seems strange heh

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2026-05-05 05:25:45 -06:00

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@JoniVR commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2020):

You can use shift+alt modifiers to change brightness in 1% increments for now. iirc there's a different issue (which I can't remember) where we considered making a setting that allows the shift+alt behaviour to become the default. I think that's probably the best solution here.

@JoniVR commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2020): You can use <kbd>shift</kbd>+<kbd>alt</kbd> modifiers to change brightness in 1% increments for now. iirc there's a different issue (which I can't remember) where we considered making a setting that allows the <kbd>shift</kbd>+<kbd>alt</kbd> behaviour to become the default. I think that's probably the best solution here.

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2026-05-05 05:25:47 -06:00

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@quantumgolem commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020):

Oh, that's neat, I didn't think of that. It makes it much better. However, the monitor sometimes glitches out and if I do it too long, it sometimes blanks out, lmao. Maybe that was the issue?

But yes, I'll do this. It's not a huge deal anyway. I should just get a better monitor which implements DDC specs and functionality better...

@quantumgolem commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020): Oh, that's neat, I didn't think of that. It makes it much better. However, the monitor sometimes glitches out and if I do it too long, it sometimes blanks out, lmao. Maybe that was the issue? But yes, I'll do this. It's not a huge deal anyway. I should just get a better monitor which implements DDC specs and functionality better...