Modes and breaks can be accessed quickly from the context menu of the tray icon. New modes cannot be added but if you alter the settings of a current mode, they will be remembered until you press the restore button. Thre are seven built-in mode presets that set brightness and temperature to a pre-configured level. Another feature is the automation rules window where you can apply one of the built-in modes to specific running programs. It has a Breaks tab which allows you to set up a deliberate interruption that reminds you to look away or take a break from staring at the screen for a few minutes. The other options available are starting with Windows, widening the slider and remembering brightness settings.Įye Saver has a few interesting features apart from being able to set the standard options of brightness and color temperature. The keyboard combination to alter brightness is Ctrl+ which is very similar to proprietary software and Fn key hotkeys found on many laptops. The only real problem with Desktop Lighter is it was released in the XP era and its slider looks very dated in Windows these days.

Desktop Lighter lets you adjust the brightness of your screen by clicking on the tray icon and adjusting the slider up and down, or by using keyboard hotkeys.