v1.13.4

New in v1.13.4

Improvements & fixes:

• Added support for hidden taskbars.
• Added support for taskbars on non-primary displays.
• Added support for new Fluent UI icons (Windows build 21327+).
• Fixed potential vulnerability (CVE-2021-28119).
• Updated localizations for several languages.

v1.13.0 - v1.13.3

New features & improvements:

• Moved WMI + DDC/CI communication to another thread. Opening and interacting with the brightness flyout should now be more responsive.
• Improved handling of Windows theme changes (thanks, @seo-rii!).
• Twinkle Tray will attempt to restore your last brightness settings after the PC wakes from sleep or hibernation.
• Restored Theme option.
• The brightness flyout will no longer animate if animations are disabled in Windows.
• Brightness can now be controlled from the command line. See the readme for details.
• The last known brightness will now be restored at app startup. This can be turned off in the settings.
• Added command line flag to show overlay.
• When "link levels" is active, all displays will be combined into one slider.
• Improved handling of laptops/tablets when the internal display is off.
• Improved reliability of DDC/CI communication.
• Reduced slider judder in the flyout/overlay.
• Updated localizations for several languages.

Fixes:

• Potentially improved error handling when DDC/CI temporarily breaks connection.
• Improved handling of hotkeys assigned to disconnected displays.
• Multiple instances of Twinkle Tray will now be prevented.
• Scheduled brightness should now correctly take effect after waking up from sleep or hibernation.
• Fixed hotkeys for all monitors and turning off displays not functioning.
• Theme overrides now override colored taskbar.

v1.13.3

This is a re-release of v1.13.2 with two small changes:

• Fixed some settings not properly toggling.
• Updated Russian localization.

New in v1.13.2

New features & improvements:

• The last known brightness will now be restored at app startup. This can be turned off in the settings.
• Added command line flag to show overlay.
• When "link levels" is active, all displays will be combined into one slider.
• Improved handling of laptops/tablets when the internal display is off.
• Improved reliability of DDC/CI communication.
• Reduced slider judder in the flyout/overlay.

v1.13.0 - v1.13.1

New features & improvements:

• Moved WMI + DDC/CI communication to another thread. Opening and interacting with the brightness flyout should now be more responsive.
• Improved handling of Windows theme changes (thanks, @seo-rii!).
• Twinkle Tray will attempt to restore your last brightness settings after the PC wakes from sleep or hibernation.
• Restored Theme option.
• The brightness flyout will no longer animate if animations are disabled in Windows.
• Brightness can now be controlled from the command line. See the readme for details.
• Updated localizations for several languages.

Fixes:

• Potentially improved error handling when DDC/CI temporarily breaks connection.
• Improved handling of hotkeys assigned to disconnected displays.
• Multiple instances of Twinkle Tray will now be prevented.
• Scheduled brightness should now correctly take effect after waking up from sleep or hibernation.
• Fixed hotkeys for all monitors and turning off displays not functioning.
• Theme overrides now override colored taskbar.

v1.13.2

New in v1.13.2

New features & improvements:

• The last known brightness will now be restored at app startup. This can be turned off in the settings.
• Added command line flag to show overlay.
• When "link levels" is active, all displays will be combined into one slider.
• Improved handling of laptops/tablets when the internal display is off.
• Improved reliability of DDC/CI communication.
• Reduced slider judder in the flyout/overlay.

v1.13.0 - v1.13.1

New features & improvements:

• Moved WMI + DDC/CI communication to another thread. Opening and interacting with the brightness flyout should now be more responsive.
• Improved handling of Windows theme changes (thanks, @seo-rii!).
• Twinkle Tray will attempt to restore your last brightness settings after the PC wakes from sleep or hibernation.
• Restored Theme option.
• The brightness flyout will no longer animate if animations are disabled in Windows.
• Brightness can now be controlled from the command line. See the readme for details.
• Updated localizations for several languages.

Fixes:

• Potentially improved error handling when DDC/CI temporarily breaks connection.
• Improved handling of hotkeys assigned to disconnected displays.
• Multiple instances of Twinkle Tray will now be prevented.
• Scheduled brightness should now correctly take effect after waking up from sleep or hibernation.
• Fixed hotkeys for all monitors and turning off displays not functioning.
• Theme overrides now override colored taskbar.

v1.13.1

New in v1.13.1

Fixes:

• Fixed hotkeys for all monitors and turning off displays not functioning.
• Theme overrides now override colored taskbar.

v1.13.0

New features & improvements:

• Moved WMI + DDC/CI communication to another thread. Opening and interacting with the brightness flyout should now be more responsive.
• Improved handling of Windows theme changes (thanks, @seo-rii!).
• Twinkle Tray will attempt to restore your last brightness settings after the PC wakes from sleep or hibernation.
• Restored Theme option.
• The brightness flyout will no longer animate if animations are disabled in Windows.
• Brightness can now be controlled from the command line. See the readme for details.
• Updated localizations for several languages.

Fixes:

• Potentially improved error handling when DDC/CI temporarily breaks connection.
• Improved handling of hotkeys assigned to disconnected displays.
• Multiple instances of Twinkle Tray will now be prevented.
• Scheduled brightness should now correctly take effect after waking up from sleep or hibernation.

v1.13.0

New features & improvements:

• Moved WMI + DDC/CI communication to another thread. Opening and interacting with the brightness flyout should now be more responsive.
• Improved handling of Windows theme changes (thanks, @seo-rii!).
• Twinkle Tray will attempt to restore your last brightness settings after the PC wakes from sleep or hibernation.
• Restored Theme option.
• The brightness flyout will no longer animate if animations are disabled in Windows.
• Brightness can now be controlled from the command line. See the readme for details.
• Updated localizations for several languages.

Fixes:

• Potentially improved error handling when DDC/CI temporarily breaks connection.
• Improved handling of hotkeys assigned to disconnected displays.
• Multiple instances of Twinkle Tray will now be prevented.
• Scheduled brightness should now correctly take effect after waking up from sleep or hibernation.

v1.12.3

Fixes & improvements:

• Fixed brightness panel sometimes not rendering after display changes.
• Fixed overlay sometimes not disappearing.
• Fixed brightness panel not displaying when the taskbar is positioned at the top of the screen.
• Updated localizations.

v1.12.2

Fixes:

• Using hotkeys no longer removes window focus when in exclusive fullscreen games.
• Russian localization updates.

v1.12.1

Fixes & improvements:

• Fixed intro window not displaying on first startup.
• Improved handling of brightness panel not closing when it's not the focused window.
• The Escape key now closes the brightness panel.
• Fixed a visual bug when opening the brightness panel after the overlay was visible.
• Acrylic is no longer displayed behind the overlay when Acrylic blur is turned off.

v1.12.0

New features & improvements:

• Added support for DDC/CI displays with internal max brightness values that are not 100.
• Added full list of displays to Monitor Settings menu.
• Added option for Acrylic blur.
• Added Dutch and Croatian localizations (thanks, frozensnowy and milotype!)
• Updated localization for several languages.
• Cleaned up Settings menu items.

v1.11.4

Fixes:

• Fixed brightness levels adjusting at different rates when using hotkeys or the scroll shortcut.
• Fixed brightness levels not adjusting to identical values when using Linked Levels with hotkeys/scrolling.
• Fixed the scrollbar being too narrow to use by dragging.
• Localization fixes for Japanese, Russian, and Chinese.

Note: Brightness normalization is now stored/handled differently than previous versions. You may need to reapply your normalization settings. Please let me know if you encounter any bugs with this new system.