v1.15.0

New in v1.15.0

New features & improvements:

• Implemented new UI for the hotkey overlay when using the Windows 11 style.
• Refactored the Time of Day Adjustments code to be more reliable.
• Time of Day Adjustments will now use the user's transition setting under most conditions.
• Added option to animate between the current and next Time of Day Adjustment time throughout the day.
• Implemented CLI option to trigger current Time of Day Adjustment.
• Refactored the Idle Detection system and UI to be more flexible and precise.
• Added options to the system tray right-click menu for pausing Idle Detection and Time of Day Adjustments.
• Added option to switch to Beta update channel (not available for Microsoft Store version).
• Fixed a bug that could cause excessive CPU/RAM usage at startup.
• Improved focus handling.
• Updated localizations.

Other information:

• The new Windows 11 hotkey overlay is not intended to be a 1:1 recreation of the native brightness/volume flyout. Please don't open an issue that it isn't exactly the same. Bug reports are welcome.
• The new Time of Day Adjustment animation setting will more actively keep your scheduled brightness in sync. This may increase CPU usage. It will also be more difficult to manually set brightness due to the scheduled brightness kicking in every minute or so.

v1.15.0 Beta 2

New in v1.15.0 Beta 2

New features & improvements:

• Fixed an idle detection bug.
• Fixed UI bug with right-click menu.
• Improved focus handling.

See v1.15.0 Beta 1 for more release notes.

v1.15.0 Beta 1

New in v1.15.0 Beta 1

New features & improvements:

• Implemented new UI for the hotkey overlay when using the Windows 11 style.
• Refactored the Time of Day Adjustments code to be more reliable.
• Time of Day Adjustments will now use the user's transition setting under most conditions.
• Added option to animate between the current and next Time of Day Adjustment time throughout the day.
• Implemented CLI option to trigger current Time of Day Adjustment.
• Refactored the Idle Detection system and UI to be more flexible and precise.
• Added options to the system tray right-click menu for pausing Idle Detection and Time of Day Adjustments.
• Fixed a bug that could cause excessive CPU/RAM usage at startup.
• Updated localizations.

Other information:

• The new Windows 11 hotkey overlay is not intended to be a 1:1 recreation of the native brightness/volume flyout. Please don't open an issue that it isn't exactly the same. Bug reports are welcome.
• The new Time of Day Adjustment animation setting will more actively keep your scheduled brightness in sync. This may increase CPU usage. It will also be more difficult to manually set brightness due to the scheduled brightness kicking in every minute or so.

v1.14.8

New in v1.14.8

Fixes & improvements:

• Fixed error on waking from sleep when using Windows 10 theme.
• Disabled undesired ability to zoom panel.
• Adjusted VCP codes used for display power state.
• Implemented new CPU/memory optimizations.
• Added error catching on idle detection code.
• Adjusted monitor detection code.
• Updated localizations.
• Updated dependencies.

v1.14.7

New in v1.14.7

Fixes & improvements:

• Fixed bug when taskbar is anchored to the top of the screen.
• Fixed fullscreen app issues (again).
• Fixed wrong font being displayed when Segoe Fluent Icons is installed but not Segoe UI Variable.
• Fixed --VCP command line flag.
• Minor memory improvements.

v1.14.6

New in v1.14.6

Fixes & improvements:

• Implemented a better fix for the Windows 10 / Acrylic bug.
• Tweaked Windows 11 styling.
• Made force_low_power_gpu flag optional. It can be forced in the settings file.
• Added "Time of Day Adjustments" transition speed options.
• Added option to hide specific displays.
• Added a warning for DDC/CI power state users.
• Updated localizations.
• Various bug fixes.

v1.14.5

This is a re-release of v1.14.4 with one fix:

• Fixed black background displaying when using the "Windows 10" UI with "Acrylic Blur" enabled.

New in v1.14.4

New features & improvements:

• Improved idle CPU usage when using a mouse with a high polling rate. (Thanks @djsweet!)
• Updated intro screen for Windows 11.
• Updated "Get Current Brightness" option to also refresh DDC/CI list.
• Added support for overriding DDC/CI brightness IDs. See the GitHub wiki for more details.
• Added support for setting any DDC/CI value from the command line (--VCP). See the GitHub readme for more details.
• Added support for overriding detected taskbar position/height. See the GitHub wiki for more details.
• Twinkle Tray will now specifically use the low-power GPU on multi-GPU systems.
• Updated localizations.

Fixes:

• Adjusted layering/focus behavior to avoid issues with certain games.
• Disabled Acrylic blur on Settings window to prevent issues while resizing/moving the window.
• Fixed "power off" option not working under certain conditions.
• Fixed race condition with Settings window at startup.
• Fixed multiple bugs related to Idle Detection.
• Fixed "Set brightness for individual displays" option not assigning each monitor an initial value.
• Fixed overlay overlapping with taskbars pinned on the left side of the screen.

v1.14.4

New features & improvements:

• Improved idle CPU usage when using a mouse with a high polling rate. (Thanks @djsweet!)
• Updated intro screen for Windows 11.
• Updated "Get Current Brightness" option to also refresh DDC/CI list.
• Added support for overriding DDC/CI brightness IDs. See the GitHub wiki for more details.
• Added support for setting any DDC/CI value from the command line (--VCP). See the GitHub readme for more details.
• Added support for overriding detected taskbar position/height. See the GitHub wiki for more details.
• Twinkle Tray will now specifically use the low-power GPU on multi-GPU systems.
• Updated localizations.

Fixes:

• Adjusted layering/focus behavior to avoid issues with certain games.
• Disabled Acrylic blur on Settings window to prevent issues while resizing/moving the window.
• Fixed "power off" option not working under certain conditions.
• Fixed race condition with Settings window at startup.
• Fixed multiple bugs related to Idle Detection.
• Fixed "Set brightness for individual displays" option not assigning each monitor an initial value.
• Fixed overlay overlapping with taskbars pinned on the left side of the screen.

Known issues:

• A black background may show on the flyout after setting the UI style to "Windows 10" with "Acrylic Blur" enabled. Restart Twinkle Tray to fix this issue.

v1.14.3

New in v1.14.3

Fixes & improvements:

• Fixed regressions to the monitor scanning process introduced in v1.14.2.
• Updated localizations.

v1.14.2

New in v1.14.2

Fixes & improvements:

• Fixed time input bug when entering numbers using the keyboard.
• Fixed monitors not updating in the Settings window.
• Fixed race condition when refreshing displays too frequently.
• Fixed new WMI-Bridge check not having required file.
• Adjusted timing for reapplying brightness after certain events (ex. hardware change).
• Updated Korean localization.