Display DJ v8.5.0
8.5.0: Windows and Linux Tile Snap support.
- Windows: tracks native move gestures via WinEvent, renders per-display drop zones and a live preview, applies the selected layout on drop. Opt-in by default; document disabling native Windows Snap to avoid competing overlays.
- Linux/X11: detects xfwm4 move gestures from root-pointer and window-geometry polling, rejects resize drags, reuses the shared per-display zones and previews. XFCE native-tiling conflicts documented.
- Both platforms share the new per-display snap-overlay windows (tiling/snap_overlay.rs + tile-snap-overlay.html); macOS implementation refactored to reuse the shared overlay machinery.
Changes
Supported Platforms
- macOS Apple Silicon (ARM64) -
.dmg - macOS Intel (x64) -
.dmg - Windows x64 / ARM64 -
.exe - Linux x64 / ARM64 -
.deb/.AppImage(BETA)
⚠️ Linux support is in beta. Builds are produced and smoke-tested on X11
desktops, but Linux is not yet battle-tested — features may break, be
incomplete, or behave differently across desktop environments and Wayland.
Use at your own discretion; issue reports welcome.
Requirements
- Display control is built in (vendored platform code) — no external tools needed on macOS or Windows
- macOS Window Tiling: Requires Accessibility permission. Go to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility and add Display DJ. See setup instructions
- Linux: Install
ddcutilandbrightnessctlfor display control:sudo apt install ddcutil brightnessctl i2c-tools