github waydabber/BetterDisplay v1.4.1-beta

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About this version

This release contains various enhancements and bug fixes. The list of changes compared to the previous beta follows:

Enhancements

  • Added option to set the meaning of header on/off button on a per display level - #1424
  • Automatically disable auto brightness during XDR upscaling - #1339
  • Apply display configuration edits without reboot on Apple Silicon - #1436
  • Better support accessibility software dimming (with colortable manipulation) during accessibility zoom - #1435
  • Keep track of disconnected displays for the entire app session until display ID is not reused by different display - #1460
  • Add a Set all to Hidden button to DDC input customization to simplify the process - #1380
  • Settings of disconnected displays should generally be disabled under Settings/Displays - #1434
  • Ability to customize the order of the displays in the app menu - #1317
  • GUI: Redesign display headers with a power button for connect/disconnect - #1422
  • GUI: Various refinements - #1453
  • GUI: Add option to change menu fonts and icons to light rendering - #1457
  • GUI: Add option to change menu symbol rendering style - #1454
  • GUI: Add specific icon for TVs and AirPlay output - #1458

Fixed

  • Starting/exiting BetterDisplay turns on internal display even in clamshell mode - #1451
  • A dummy should not be treated as a real display when preventing the last display to be disconnected - #1452
  • Dummy associated to a soft-disconnected display does not disconnect - #1447
  • Graphical glitches with extra long app menus when expanding/scrolling - #1427
  • Removing the first connection management safety messes up the label of the following section - #1429
  • The Allow disconnecting the built-in display of the iMac option appears for non-iMacs as well - #1431

Removed

  • Remove experimental feature that kept mouse from entering a full screen stream target screen - #1441
Change log of earlier v1.4.x versions

v1.4.0

  • Turn off a display and fully remove it from the display layout with the option of turning it back on from the app ("Disconnect Display", "Connect Display") - #1396
  • Add various precautions (with option to disable) for display connection management - #1407
  • Add various auto-connect precautions for display management - #1414
  • Add various keyboard shortcuts to connect/disconnect displays- #1415
  • Add generic a Manage Displays item to the Tools menu - #1416
  • Add option to disconnect reconnected displays after wake - #1413
  • Add warning for disconnected displays before turning off connection management feature - #1423
  • Make connections management an Apple Silicon feature only - #1426
  • Order of displays changing randomly based on connection id - #1421
  • Fixed: Typo on Settings -> Displays -> Retrieve display EDID: "attemtps" instead of "attempts" - #1425

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