For literally years I've looked for a utility that can dim inactive windows so the active window stands out more.

I've used Display Fusions for a LONG time, and noticed the recent improvements.

Perhaps this request does not fit with the objectives of Display Fusions, or perhaps it is not even possible. But I thought I would ask

I suspect this feature doesn't exists yet, or have I overlooked it?

In any case, every few months I trawl the web in hopes of finding a tool a that offers this.

This time I found LeDimmer (https://sites.google.com/site/llemarie/ledimmer), which is 50% perfect. It's only 50% perfect because it only works on one of my monitors.

I found a few others, but they are all rubbish.

So I still hope that the clever guys at DisplayFusion can piece something together. LeDimmer is a good example of the effect.

I know some applications can make inactive windows transparent. I guess they are leveraging a windows feature to be able to do that. All implementation of dimming windows that I've seen rely on drawing a black box over the screen, so I guess windows doesn't let you change the hue or brightness of a window.

No, I had not tried WindowFx. It appears to be perfect!

Thankyou so much for pointing it out.

I don't think I would ever have found it. It has never come up in any of my research. There's no shortage of pages offering suggestions, and not one mentions WindowFx. Stardock need to do some SEO

Hi all,

As you'll likely notice, this was a previously requested feature a few years ago. As we now have a "dim monitor" feature, I'm wondering whether we have an ability to now dim all windows that are inactive? I've found a utility called "Le Dimmer" (freeware) that is exclusively for this purpose, but it would be far preferable if this ability could be done through DF.

Is there a script possibly for this?

Thank you,

Charlie

Hi all,

I just realized this feature is actually already available in DF. It can be accessed by:

• Going to DF settings;
• Clicking on "Monitoring Fading" in the left-hand column; then
• In the drop-down list titled "Monitor Fading Mode", select "Fade everything except current window"

Thank you to DF for already implementing this great feature.

Regards,

Charlie