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A utility to turn off selected monitors in a multi-monitor system #23748

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markSmurphy opened this issue Feb 2, 2023 · 3 comments
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A utility to turn off selected monitors in a multi-monitor system #23748

markSmurphy opened this issue Feb 2, 2023 · 3 comments
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Resolution-Duplicate There's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing.

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Description of the new feature / enhancement

A new utility that shows you your multiple monitors (like Windows 10's Settings/System/Display UI) and allows you to pre-select which monitors/displays you'd like to switch off.
When the utility is activated via a shortcut key combination, those monitor will go to sleep, leaving the other(s) still active.

A second shortcut key combination would wake them up again (or a system tray icon interaction) but not mouse movements as the user would still beusing the active monitor.

Scenario when this would be used?

Working remotely, as many of us do, we spend a lot of time on video calls. I've also invested in my home setup, as many others have too, and have two external monitors on my laptop - one either side and a web cam in the middle.

I find that light being generated from all three monitors washes out my complextion on the video call andmakes me look very pale.

So this utility is aimed at reducing the unneeded light sources by turning off the two monitors I don't use when on a video call.

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@markSmurphy markSmurphy added the Needs-Triage For issues raised to be triaged and prioritized by internal Microsoft teams label Feb 2, 2023
@Jay-o-Way
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Why not press the on/off buttons on the devices? 🤓

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/dup #1052

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Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@microsoft-github-policy-service microsoft-github-policy-service bot added Resolution-Duplicate There's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing. and removed Needs-Triage For issues raised to be triaged and prioritized by internal Microsoft teams labels Jul 7, 2023
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