--- title: PowerToys finally fixed the one brightness problem... description: PowerToys' new Power Display feature finally brings external monitor brightness control to Windows 11 without needing physical buttons. The feature shows... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/powertoys-finally-fixed-the-one-brightness-problem-windows-has-ignored-for-years-zplpyffsp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PowerToys finally fixed the one brightness problem Windows has ignored for years | daily.dev og:description: PowerToys' new Power Display feature finally brings external monitor brightness control to Windows 11 without needing physical buttons. The feature shows... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/powertoys-finally-fixed-the-one-brightness-problem-windows-has-ignored-for-years-zplpyffsp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZplpyFFsp.png og:image:alt: PowerToys finally fixed the one brightness problem Windows has ignored for years og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PowerToys finally fixed the one brightness problem Windows has ignored for years **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary PowerToys' new Power Display feature finally brings external monitor brightness control to Windows 11 without needing physical buttons. The feature shows sliders for all connected displays in a small popup window, supports custom keyboard shortcuts (replacing the default four-key combo), and allows saving brightness/contrast/color temperature settings as named profiles for day and night use. Limitations exist: monitors must report DDC/CI capabilities, and some advanced controls like contrast and color temperature may be unavailable or flagged as potentially dangerous depending on the display. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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