Inactive Monitor Dims

[kuhchuk]

Ok, I've got a really weird problem that I can't seem to solve.  I've checked various forums, and can't seem to find any answers.

 

The other day, I was playing some totally legal homebrew roms in Dolphin using my Magic Joybox which I quickly found out is all sorts of broken.  Buttons on the GC controller would open up random windows and other weird things (hitting down on the D-pad opened steam big picture mode, for example).  See attached screenshots to see what I'm talking about.

 

Before I closed dolphin, the controller triggered something that caused whichever of my two monitors is inactive to dim.  If I click into a window on the dimmed monitor, focus will shift, that monitor will regain brightness, and the other display will dim instead.

 

I've spent a solid 3 hours trying to figure this out, so I'm open to any suggestions.  Really hoping that the answer is right in front of me and I'm just an idiot.

[vanished]

I remember back in the days of beryl/compiz fusion on Linux there was a component you could enable that would dim all inactive windows to help you focus, but I have never heard of or witnessed such a feature in Windows.  Do you have any unusual software installed that could be doing it?

[Catsrules]

Guessing if your reboot it still has issues, correct?

[kuhchuk]

Well, I just tried closing DisplayFusion, and that seems to be the culprit.  According to several threads I saw on different sites, that's supposed to be an optional feature that requires a plugin.  

 

Thanks for trying to lend a hand, but it looks like I'll just have to spend an hour or so in the millions of different settings for DisplayFusion.  I'll update this thread when I find exactly which setting it is so anyone who might end up in my shoes can save some time.

 

EDIT:  It looks like "Monitor Fading" got enabled.  The default hotkey is CTRL + ALT + F.  If that doesn't solve it, open the settings, click the "Functions" tab, then scroll down and find "Toggle Monitor Fading."  This will show you the current hotkey, and if there isn't one set, you can change it to whatever you'd like.