Force re-apply display configuration override when no changes made

[molamooo]

When I unplug and plug back external monitors, the native smooth scale is nolonger working, but still checked in betterdisplay's setting panel. I had to uncheck and recheck native smooth scale, and then apply changes. It's it possible to add a shortcut to re-apply current settings?

[waydabber]

Yes, that's a good idea. I'll add this in an upcoming version

[waydabber]

[molamooo]

Is it possible to add an "force apply" button in the menu or a shortcut? Now with the pre-released version, I still have to:

• click menu icon and open display setting
• find one display with "Edit the system configuration of this display model" toggled
• scroll to mark unapplied
• apply

, which didn't make things easier comparing to the old versions🤣
The force apply procedure is used quite frequently (e.g. daily switch from work location to home desktop). It would be really nice to have, for example, a short cut that considers all settings of connected displays are unapplied and directly apply it.

[waydabber]

Hmm. Why do you have to repeat this every time you go from work to home? There is some underlying problem there which we should figure out. Display configuration overrides should not be reapplied as these are permanent and should take effect even when BetterDisplay is not running.

Can you describe step-by-step what is the issue and how it can be reproduced?

[molamooo]

I move my macbook across multiple places with different display settings (i.e. place A with 1920x1200, and place B with 3440x1440).

• When I initially applies betterdisplay at place A, everything works fine(the smooth scaling works)
• For the first time I move to place B and applies betterdisplay, it works at place B too.
• Then I move back to place A, now the smooth scaling is nolonger valid. The toggle is still on, but the resolution slider only provides the old non-Hidpi resolutions.
• After re-applying betterdisplay at place A to fix the issue, moving back to place B would encounter similar issue again.

Maybe it's because configs for those unconnected displays (i.e. place A's models are not present at place B) gets reseted when applying at place B?

[waydabber]

To me it looks like the resolutions you mention have different aspect ratios. Are we talking about same displays? Can you show me a screenshot of the display info/identifiers for both locations? If the two displays are different, they should each retain their settings. There might be a small but super-unlucky chance that we are talking about two different displays which happen to share all the same hardware identifiers so the OS does confuse them. In this case you'd need to do some special editing for the configuration file to make things work without the constant reapplying of settings. If this is the case, I can help you with that, but first I'd need to see the hardware IDs (Settings/Displays/Show info...)

[molamooo]

Sure. Actually I got 3 places, all with different display models and aspect ratios.

• place A: an AOC 3440x1440 display
  
• place B: a Dell U2417 with 1920x1080, a Dell U2412 with 1920x1200
  
  
• place C: an AOC LV273HUPR with 3840x2160, an AOC display with 1920x1080

I can only provide the detailed information about place B & C next week.

Which field should I provide? There are quite many display information field.

From previous experiences, applying at an arbitrary place and then move to next arbitrary place all requires config reapply(I'll keep notice).

[molamooo]

I notice that place A and place B's first display shared the same Registry location/path. Is this the root cause?

[waydabber]

No, the same registry location is normal. As I see the place A and place B displays have different IDs and they should not be confused, each should retain their own configuration. To be honest I am not sure what could be the issue here.

[molamooo]

Maybe it’s because I’m using activate without reboot? If the issue can not be solved, is it possible to add a force apply button in the menu bar? 2023年7月3日 +0800 17:52 waydabber ***@***.***>，写道：

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No, the same registry location is normal. Afaik the place A and place B displays have different IDs and they should not be confused, each should retain their own configuration. To be honest I am not sure what could be the issue here. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[waydabber]

No, it should not make a difference. The "activate without reboot" actually just disconnects and reconnects the screen, so it should have the same effect as you physically unplugging/plugging the display or use the disconnect/connect button (switch) in the display header in the app menu.