waydabber/BetterDisplay v1.3.7

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Changes in v1.3.7

• Added rotation toggle keyboard shortcut option + ignore built-in screen option - #1169
• FIXED: Legacy auto-start is broken/crashes in v1.3.5/v1.3.6 - #1175

Changes in v1.3.6

• Add keyboard shortcut for DDC inputs - #1129
• Add alternate formats for copyable EDID data - #1156
• Separate DDC support and EDID and I/O Registry parsing toggle (Apple Silicon) - #1154
• Support for DDC scale skew (curve) setting - #1153
• Toggle for automatic brightness adjustment (Apple native) - #1171
• Minor UI tweak - delegate some less used settings to an expandable block under Settings/keyboards - #1162
• FIXED: Startup DDC mute read works in reverse - #1166 opened 2 days ago by waydabber
• FIXED: DDC reads do not adhere to min and max DDC value overrides - #1167
• FIXED: XDR upscaling is not always not enabled after launching the app the first time - have to open twice. - #1158
• FIXED: Combined brightness slider does not reflect properly externally induced Apple display brightness changes - #1170

Changes in v1.3.5

• DDC Display Input control - #604
• Retrieve and export EDID data from display (Apple Silicon only) - #1112
• Show detailed display info under Settings/Displays (Apple Silicon only ) - #1144
• Ability to customize factory reset and input select DDC control codes - #1136
• Added option to customize display name and menu icon - #1137
• Use new API (SMAppService) for automatic login (macOS Ventura only) - #1125
• Updated Paddle SDK to new v4.4 version - #1139
• Fixed: The expand icon (wide chevron) at the bottom of menu blocks is light gray and not obvious enough - #1111 opened 11 days ago by waydabber
• Fixed: Unfoldable advanced settings font not rendered as small in Settings/App Menu - #1143
• Fixed: Settings/Displays block look bad in some scenarios when a display is collapsed - #1145
• Fixed: Accessibility setting menu icon not hidden when menu icons are generally disabled - #1146

Changes in v1.3.4

• Option to display percentage as scaling factor - #1076
• Fixed: Refresh Rate menu item should be hidden when a display is mirror target - #1075
• Fixed: Some items are missing from the Tools menu - #1079

Changes in v1.3.3

• Customizable menubar icon - #722
• Show both resolution slider and resolution menu - #1042
• Option to hide disconnected dummy from menu - #1068
• A more prominent and by default visible way to connect/disconnect dummies - #1067
• Refactor/rewrite menu generation - #1066
• Fixed: When a display is collapsed and remains the sole display, without its fully hidden from the menu when header for a single display is disabled - #1072
• Fixed: When both menu item and header icons are disabled, texts do not line up properly - #1071
• Fixed: Some menu items have icons even when icons are disabled - #1070
• Fixed: DDC menu appears with a factory reset option for non-DDC compliant displays - #1069
• Fixed: The Set Resolution menu is erroneously available for the mirror target display - #1059
• Removed: option to have a tri-state collapsible header in menu instead of the more options menu expander - #1048

Changes in v1.3.2-beta

• Higher luminance with HDR brightness upscaling calibration - #1053
• Recalibrated percentages for brightness upscaling on Apple XDR displays - #1053
• Smoother XDR brightness upscaling experience for Apple XDR displays (also avoid overshoot effect) - #1051
• Add DDC factory reset to DDC menu
• Option to have a tri-state collapsible header in menu instead of the more options menu expander - #1048
• Improved native smooth scaling compatibility with some Intel macs - #1041
• Fixed: App incorrectly sets default DDC contrast (and for v1.3.x R/G/B black level) upon changing brightness after starting the app the first time - #1046
• Fixed: Apple brightness smooth transition toggle has no effect - #1050
• Fixed: Sidecar display name appears in random foreign language - #1047

Changes in v1.3.1-beta

• Display configuration protection (also: protection for/against VRR) - #995
• Keyboard shortcut to start/stop PIP window - #1026
• Add display rotation keyboard shortcut - #1014
• DDC R/G/B Gain and Black Level adjustments - #1019
• Option to enable/disable support for specific DDC controls for a display - #1002
• Custom Video Control Codes or multiple codes for DDC control - #1005
• Support for on/off value override for the DDC mute command - #1009
• Support for inverted control values for DDC - #1004
• Support for different scale than the usual 0-100 for DDC - #1003
• Options to adjust DDC communication timings - #1008
• Add option to customize audio device name associated with the display for DDC volume control - #638
• Change More Options... submenu into an expandable area - #1034, #1033
• Dismiss button for the blue reboot banner under Settings/Displays - #1011
• Option to hide Check for Updates form the Tools menu when it is set to be closable - #1037
• All menu block header should be clickable to show/hide block - #1032
• Disconnected dummies should be listed under Settings/Displays - #1031
• Improve the design of Settings expandable subsections - #989
• Fixed: 270 degree PIP and Full Screen Streaming rotation does not work properly - #1028

Changes in v1.3.0-beta

• Add option to circumvent the lack of macOS support for the HiDPI variant for native pixel resolution - #965
• Support reading DDC values upon startup - #633
• Make restoring DDC values optional - #983
• Add option to prohibit keyboard control for a display - #967
• Add hardware DDC contrast control with keyboard shortcuts - #635
• Add option to hide volume OSD for a display - #966
• Add option to adjust/disable control smoothing - #634
• Improve mirroring submenu usability - #927
• Add option to hide a display from the app menu - #984
• Collapsible headers for displays under Settings/Displays - #981
• Increase the size of Settings a bit - #964
• Put the accessibility permissions warning triangle to a more appropriate location - #963
• Clarify wording of native smooth scaling manually defined limits - #916
• Fixed: In fully headless the default headless virtual display should have a proper name - #986
• Fixed: Restoring saved DDC values on startup on Apple Silicon macs - #982
• Fixed: Slider percentage does not always exactly match DDC value - #974
• Fixed: Upon mirror configuration the menu icon is not updated properly - #943
• Fixed: Slider right side text wiggle issue when only sliders are present in the Menu and Tools block is closed - #917