github waydabber/BetterDisplay v1.4.3

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About this version

After the last release which introduced some major new features (display connect/disconnect and EDID overrides for Apple Silicon), this release is all about bug fixes and various smaller usability improvements.

Enhancements

  • Add option to let the brightness OSD show whether brightness level requires color manipulation (that clips HDR content) - #1522
  • Improve Settings/Displays usability (introduces display selector bar instead of collapsible headers) - #1506
  • Make the EDID upload section a bit more condensed - #1512
  • Moving DCC Quick Slider Config submenu to a more appropriate place - #1497

Fixed

  • EDID auto apply takes effect even when EDID override is disabled - #1520
  • Connect/Disconnect option is not compatible with Monterey - should be disabled - #1524
  • Minor text cropping issue at Settings/Displays - #1521
  • Name of [colorName] Black level display in slider is "[colorName] gain" - #1507
  • Display System Settings shortcut blocked by BetterDisplay - #1505
  • EDID override warning text has some typos in it - #1495
  • Scrolling is enabled for resolution slider (bug) - #1485
  • Disconnect menu item redundantly appears for connected dummies - #1484
  • Attempting to disconnect an associated (therefore non-disconnectable) dummy makes graphical app menu items go missing - #1483
  • When using main display icon offer possibility to use or set monochrome variant as default - #1478
  • Removing dummy's from the menu does not remove them in preferences immediately - #1477
Change log of earlier v1.4.x versions

v1.4.2

Enhancements

  • EDID override support for Apple Silicon - #1468
  • Safe mode to prevent custom EDIDs from auto-loading on startup for Apple Silicon - #1472
  • Added restore factory EDID on Apple Silicon - #1471
  • Auto-apply Apple Silicon EDID override on startup - #1470
  • Treat virtual screens as non-disconnectable by default - #1465
  • Add various info/warning popups for connection management and DDC power - #1446
  • Add option to toggle hierarchical rendering mode for header icons - #1464
  • Fixed: Clarified Pro status of Intel EDID override feature - #1467
  • Fixed: Settings icons misaligment - #1461
  • Fixed: App might forget about previously disconnected displays - #1455

v1.4.1

  • 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
  • Fixed: A dummy should not be treated as a real display when preventing the last display to be disconnected - #1452
  • Fixed: Dummy associated to a soft-disconnected display does not disconnect - #1447
  • Fixed: Graphical glitches with extra long app menus when expanding/scrolling - #1427
  • Fixed: Removing the first connection management safety messes up the label of the following section - #1429
  • Fixed: 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

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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