microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Power Display - The ability to change monitor names
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Product-PowerDisplay
- Dominant language
- C
- Stars
- 139k
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Description
### Description of the new feature / enhancement
Possibility of changing monitor names to your own insted of being automatically genrated.
### Scenario when this would be used?
I would like to change my screen names to Laptop and External for better visibility. Model is not always the best way of describing devices.
### Supporting information
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating Power Display's monitor-name generation and display-settings UI; done means users can assign custom names such as Laptop and External and see them consistently.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100