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DisplayFusion RSS: Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717 DisplayFusion RSS: Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:33:32 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717 RE: Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#10 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 23:46:18 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#10 DisplayFusion Thank you, hoping that feature will available soon. ]]> RE: Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#9 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:08:49 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#9 DisplayFusion Hi Dinh,

1) Ah okay, we don't currently have functions to enable/disable monitor fading, just the toggle on/off which can get messy when trying to have it fire on window focus. I've added your vote to our feature request for the functions to enable/disable monitor fading, so we'll be sure to let you know if we have any news on that in the future.

2) I was able to reproduce this on my end, so I've added this to our list to look into as well.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#8 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:17:26 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#8 DisplayFusion Hi.
"Fade Everything Except Current Window" doesn't fit my need. Most of the time I don't need Fade function, it cause a flash light when switching between monitors that hurt my eyes.
As mentioned, I just want to fade other monitors while focus to a fullscreen task (fullscreen youtube, fullscreen vlc, fullscreen game), or a special process (someSoftware.exe)
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Whenever i click on DF's taskbar (on sub monitor) then focus to main monitor: DF's taskbar won't fade until Start menu is opened. Windows's taskbar (on my main monitor) don't meet this problem
A screen record may help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlBPE6wx16Y ]]> RE: Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#7 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:21:51 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#7 DisplayFusion Hi Dinh,

Have you tried using "Fade Everything Except Current Window"?

How often does the taskbar not fade as well?

Thanks! ]]> RE: Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#6 Sat, 27 Nov 2021 09:13:08 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#6 DisplayFusion Hi, is there a way to automatically dim other monitors only when focus to a fullscreen game/video instead of "non-currrent monitors" & "non-primary monitors"?
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I'm using "non-currrent monitors" with toggle hotkey as temporary solution, but sometime taskbar of other monitor won't dim (attachment), is that a bug? ]]> RE: Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#5 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 04:39:08 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#5 DisplayFusion Great function. Thank you for implementing this ]]> RE: Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#4 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:54:39 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#4 DisplayFusion No worries, glad I could help! ]]> RE: Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#3 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:59:25 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#3 DisplayFusion That's exactly what I was looking for, no idea how I missed it - thank you! ]]> RE: Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#2 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:39:56 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717#2 DisplayFusion Have you tried out the options on the Monitor Fading tab? You can manually dim a monitor, or have it automatically dim whichever one you're not using

Hope that helps! ]]> Is there a way to automatically dim/sleep my primary monitor whenever a window (or certain program) is active on my secondary monitor? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 09:51:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-dimsleep-my-primary-monitor-whenever-a-window-or-certain-program-is-active-on-my-secondary-monitor/?ID=9d9a6771-7455-4dfb-886c-201ccee42717 DisplayFusion Basically, I have my PC connected to my TV (secondary monitor), and often watch movies (VLC/Netflix) or play games on the TV in the evening and having my bright-IPS monitor blaring out isn't ideal. I have backlights (Prismatik) installed on my TV which requires both displays to be active (ie I can't just completely turn off my primary monitor) - so, I'm looking for a way to automatically put my primary monitor to sleep or at least dim it whenever a window is active on my secondary monitor, and if not a tray icon that I can activate to sleep/dim my primary monitor - is this possible? Cheers!

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