microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Presentation Mode for Lectures/Teachers: Freeze, Crop, or Black/White Out Secondary Display
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Description
### Description of the new feature / enhancement
It would be extremely helpful if PowerToys included a "Presentation Mode" (maybe a better name) that can be easily switched on with a single click, specifically designed for lecturers and teachers using a single screen. The goals of this mode are:
- Mirror the main screen content to a secondary display
- Freeze the content on the second display independently of the main screen (allowing the presenter to prepare or change material without the audience seeing)
- Optionally crop to a specified region of the main screen
- Ability to instantly black out or white out the secondary display during the presentation with a shortcut/button
- Option to Invert the colors of the second display
### Scenario when this would be used?
Teachers or presenters who want to prepare new slides, notes, or switch windows without exposing unfinished content to the audience
Lecturers needing to highlight or restrict focus on specific parts of the content
The ability to "black out" or "white out" the screen for attention breaks
This functionality would streamline the experience for anyone who regularly uses one single displays for presentations in educational environments. Thank you for considering this feature!
### Supporting information
I’m open to suggestions and additional ideas on how this Presentation Mode feature could be most useful - feedback and further enhancements are very welcome!
Contributor guide
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are identified. Start by narrowing the proposal to a defined presentation-mode scope and identifying the PowerToys utility responsible for secondary-display behavior; done should be measured against explicit requirements for mirroring, freezing, cropping, blackout or whiteout, and color inversion.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100