GNOME Documentation Projectgnome-doc-list@gnome.orgNatalia Ruz Leivanruz@alumnos.inf.utfsm.cl Shaun McCanceshaunm@gnome.orgEkaterina Gerasimovakittykat3756@gmail.comMichael Hillmdhillca@gmail.comEkaterina Gerasimovakittykat3756@gmail.comDim the screen to save power or increase the brightness to make it more readable in bright light.Set screen brightness
You can change the brightness of your screen to save power or to make the
screen more readable in bright light.
Set the brightness
Open the Settings from the Activities
overview.
Open Power settings.
Adjust the Screen brightness slider to the value that
you want to use. The change should take effect immediately.
Many laptop keyboards have special keys to adjust the brightness. These
often have a picture that looks like the sun. Hold down the Fn
key to use these keys.
To save power, you can set your screen to dim automatically if you have
not used your computer for a while.
Dim screen automatically when inactive
Open the Settings from the Activities
overview.
Open Power settings.
Toggle Dim screen when inactive to the On
position.
The screen will automatically turn off after you have not used it for a
while. This only affects the display, and does not turn off your computer.
You can adjust how long you have to be inactive in the Blank
screen drop down list.