FancyZones - Manually or automatically dim a zone brightness

[RCPMAD]

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What is the expected behavior of the proposed feature? What is the scenario this would be used?

Currently running on 5120x1440 resolution which is split into 5 zones - middle is 2560x1440 and each side split into two 1280x720 - all zones are 16:9 ratio. This is great for streaming and just day to day work.

It would be great if X zone would dim brightness by Y value or percentage after Z minutes or hours. Manually setting the brightness for each zone would be great.

It would also help with eye fatigue as darker light is easier to the eye.

Examples:

Full brightness

Brightness lowered by 50% manually (fixed Y value or percentage) or automatically (no mouse inactivity after Z minutes or hours)

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[Jay-o-Way]

Sounds a bit like #7121. That one focuses more on the desktop or individual, non-actiive windows, but the result seems pretty similar to me.

[RCPMAD]

Similar but limited to brightness. While it doesn't save power it saves the amount of bright light pushed into my face at the same time and can focus on important zones as needed.

[enricogior]

@RCPMAD
we can change the opacity of an area of the screen, but there are no APIs to reduce the actual brightness of the screen only for a sub-area.

[RCPMAD]

That's understandable. I was thinking more like a black overlay with transparency settings. I'm aware you cannot change monitor brightness for a specific zone.

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On Sat, 20 Feb 2021, 23:39 Enrico Giordani, ***@***.***> wrote: @RCPMAD <https://github.com/RCPMAD> we can change the opacity of an area of the screen, but there are no APIs to reduce the actual brightness of the screen only for a sub-area. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#9818 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AEJMZDUP24FKY4YPTDO6H7LTABBZZANCNFSM4X6AYBEQ> .

[vegar]

I didn't see this request before I registered my own: #1045

Personally I find it hard to keep focus on the things I should focus on. Being able to blur/dim out the other zones at times would be superb!

[crutkas]

lets track this in #9496