[GH-ISSUE #956] Add an 'enable/disable toggle' keyboard shortcut for quick restoration of a previous setting #583

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opened 2026-05-05 06:18:17 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 3 comments

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2026-05-05 06:18:17 -06:00

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Originally created by @godzfire on GitHub (Feb 21, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/issues/956

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I have my computer hooked up to my TV as my monitor. At night as I'm getting ready for bed, I have flux to kill the blue light and also would like to 'darken' the screen, as often I am watching twitch streams to help me fall asleep.

My previous old LG LCD TV was very dark with the backlight and auto brightness turned on, where it would darken the screen at night time. Unfortunately, my new LG C1 OLED- even at basically 0 backlight- is still very bright, and I've had to find a program that will artificially darken the screen further.

I found QuickShade, which was very simple and did what I needed it to do mostly. However even at it's max darken setting, it didn't get the screen as dark as I wanted. So I searched and found MonitorControl. It's an excellent program with a huge amount of customization and advanced tweaking (I accidentally white static'd my TV because I don't think it likes the 'Allow zero brightness'; freaked me out I broke it, have to test more). It also seems to be able to get the screen very close to total black vs QuickShade.

I was happy that I thought my perfect fit and set up the brightness up/down keyboard shortcuts just like QS. Unfortunately, that's when I discovered that there's one feature QS has that MC doesn't, there's no 'enable/disable toggle' keyboard shortcut for quick restoration back and forth/ off and on (unless I'm blind, please tell me if I'm just stupid). Below is a picture of what I mean what QS has:
Screen Shot 2022-02-20 at 8 02 53 PM

Describe the solution you'd like

Simple solution: Just an added quick enable/disable keyboard shortcut setting like QS has.

Dream solution: In addition to the simple solution- and I don't even know if this is possible- but settings to automatically and dynamically control the darkness levels via what time of day it is, like what flux does essentially.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Sticking with QS, although it's definitely not my choice now that I found MC. Beyond that there's Shady, but that's long been abandoned.

Anything else?

I'd be glad to help do build testing/etc as I work in IT myself and will do whatever I can to assist.

Originally created by @godzfire on GitHub (Feb 21, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/issues/956 ### Before opening the issue, have you...? - [X] Searched for existing issues ### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe I have my computer hooked up to my TV as my monitor. At night as I'm getting ready for bed, I have flux to kill the blue light and also would like to 'darken' the screen, as often I am watching twitch streams to help me fall asleep. My previous old LG LCD TV was very dark with the backlight and auto brightness turned on, where it would darken the screen at night time. Unfortunately, my new LG C1 OLED- even at basically 0 backlight- is still very bright, and I've had to find a program that will artificially darken the screen further. I found QuickShade, which was very simple and did what I needed it to do mostly. However even at it's max darken setting, it didn't get the screen as dark as I wanted. So I searched and found MonitorControl. It's an excellent program with a huge amount of customization and advanced tweaking (I accidentally white static'd my TV because I don't think it likes the 'Allow zero brightness'; freaked me out I broke it, have to test more). It also seems to be able to get the screen very close to total black vs QuickShade. I was happy that I thought my perfect fit and set up the brightness up/down keyboard shortcuts just like QS. Unfortunately, that's when I discovered that there's one feature QS has that MC doesn't, there's no 'enable/disable toggle' keyboard shortcut for quick restoration back and forth/ off and on (unless I'm blind, please tell me if I'm just stupid). Below is a picture of what I mean what QS has: <img width="444" alt="Screen Shot 2022-02-20 at 8 02 53 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2067820/154878738-3e12f6e2-d1da-4a3d-9cb7-4abfa94364f2.png"> ### Describe the solution you'd like Simple solution: Just an added quick enable/disable keyboard shortcut setting like QS has. Dream solution: In addition to the simple solution- and I don't even know if this is possible- but settings to automatically and dynamically control the darkness levels via what time of day it is, like what flux does essentially. ### Describe alternatives you've considered Sticking with QS, although it's definitely not my choice now that I found MC. Beyond that there's Shady, but that's long been abandoned. ### Anything else? I'd be glad to help do build testing/etc as I work in IT myself and will do whatever I can to assist.

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gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 06:18:24 -06:00

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@godzfire commented on GitHub (Mar 14, 2022):

Is this something that is already possible with MonitorControl?

@godzfire commented on GitHub (Mar 14, 2022): Is this something that is already possible with MonitorControl?

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 06:18:26 -06:00

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@waydabber commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2022):

@godzfire - no, there is no keyboard shortcut to disable the shade quickly. But adjusting brightness using the keyboard is super-easy, you just have to press and hold one of the brightness keys until the brightness is at the desired level so I am not sure how useful an addition like this would be (on QS the toggle is probably there to help making screenshots or do stuff quickly when a shade interferes - but on MC using a shade is not a primary solution, it's the third best thing after hardware and gamma control, so this might not be that much as a problem - but a toggle like this could be implemented anyway so I think we should leave this feature request open and implement it in the future).

@waydabber commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2022): @godzfire - no, there is no keyboard shortcut to disable the shade quickly. But adjusting brightness using the keyboard is super-easy, you just have to press and hold one of the brightness keys until the brightness is at the desired level so I am not sure how useful an addition like this would be (on QS the toggle is probably there to help making screenshots or do stuff quickly when a shade interferes - but on MC using a shade is not a primary solution, it's the third best thing after hardware and gamma control, so this might not be that much as a problem - but a toggle like this could be implemented anyway so I think we should leave this feature request open and implement it in the future).

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 06:18:29 -06:00

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@stale[bot] commented on GitHub (Mar 16, 2023):

Hey there, it looks like there has been no activity on this issue recently. Has the issue been fixed, or does it still require attention? This issue may be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

@stale[bot] commented on GitHub (Mar 16, 2023): Hey there, it looks like there has been no activity on this issue recently. Has the issue been fixed, or does it still require attention? This issue may be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.