Brightness Settings Windows 10

[Winders10]

I desperately wish to control the brightness of my display with ease, however this setting is hidden behind menu after menu after menu in my monitors settings. Where I have a desktop I do not have access to brightness settings. I looked up some solutions but some seem mediocre at best using sketchy software that has mixed reviews. Is there anything I can do?

[GoodBytes]

1 hour ago, Winders10 said:

I desperately wish to control the brightness of my display with ease, however this setting is hidden behind menu after menu after menu in my monitors settings. Where I have a desktop I do not have access to brightness settings. I looked up some solutions but some seem mediocre at best using sketchy software that has mixed reviews. Is there anything I can do?

Windows interface brightness control sadly doesn't support DDC/CI protocol. It only support ACPI (protocol used by laptop and tablet displays).

That said, Windows DOES, since Vista, have the API which uses DDC/CI protocol.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/highlevelmonitorconfigurationapi/nf-highlevelmonitorconfigurationapi-setmonitorbrightness

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/highlevelmonitorconfigurationapi/nf-highlevelmonitorconfigurationapi-getmonitorbrightness

 

This is what most, if not all, programs (for Windows, of course) that control your desktop screen brightness uses.

 

Same for software that comes with monitors. DDC/CI protocol allows, if the monitor manufacturer. Wants to, full OSD control. As long as your monitor supports DDC/CI protocol, and is enabled on the monitor OSD menu, these programs should all work, at least for a single monitor setup (dual requires more work than a quick API call, as one can't assume display 0, and needs to give you sliders for each monitors).