microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Impossible to use hotkeys for default screen on surface laptop 4
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.99.0
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
Power Display
### Steps to reproduce
- Use the F6 and F7 keys (lower/brighter screen brightness hotkeys) from the laptop's keyboard.
- W11 brightness control pop-up shows up
- The surface native display does not gets brighter/dimmer
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
- W11 brightness control pop-up shows up
- The surface native display should get brighter/dimmer
### ❌ Actual Behavior
- W11 brightness control pop-up shows up
- The surface native display does not gets brighter/dimmer
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
[PowerToysReport_2026-04-28-21-31-00.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/27179757/PowerToysReport_2026-04-28-21-31-00.zip)
### Additional Information
Laptop Model : Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13,5"
Édition Windows 11 Entreprise
Version 25H2
Installé le 02/12/2024
Build du système d’exploitation 26200.8246
Fonctionnalité Pack d’expérience de fonctionnalités Windows 1000.26100.297.0
### Other Software
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the Power Display area and review the attached PowerToys bug report ZIP, then reproduce the F6/F7 behavior on a Surface Laptop 4 running Windows 11. Done means the native display brightness changes with both hotkeys while the Windows brightness pop-up still appears.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100