Issues

• When Pro is activated, the About tab should show "BetterDisplay Pro" instead of "BetterDisplay" to avoid confusion

  doneenhancementinternal pre-release
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5900 · Filter by author waydabber opened on Oct 17, 2026 · v5.1.2
  

• The Layout Protection swoop-in animation has a lagging background

  bugdoneinternal pre-release
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5894 · Filter by author waydabber opened on Oct 14, 2026 · v5.1.2
  

• Add an option to show device name in the macOS 27.2 style rounded OSD

  doneenhancementinternal pre-release
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5893 · Filter by author waydabber opened on Oct 14, 2026 · v5.1.2
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• CLI: Setting refresh rates requires undocumented 'Hz' suffix or silently defaults to the current value as fallback, reporting a false success

  bugdoneinternal pre-release
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5892 · Filter by author hypercryptoman opened on Oct 14, 2026 · v5.1.2
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• Newly connected audio device may not be recognized by the app for volume control

  bugdoneinternal pre-release
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5891 · Filter by author waydabber opened on Oct 14, 2026 · v5.1.2
  

• macOS 27.2+ OSD should (as of PB3) use filled icon variants and show appropriate Apple audio device icon for native volume control

  doneenhancementinternal pre-release
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5889 · Filter by author waydabber opened on Oct 14, 2026 · v5.1.2
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• Provide an option to disable custom SF Symbol app icon hierarchical rendering

  doneenhancementinternal pre-release
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5888 · Filter by author waydabber opened on Oct 13, 2026 · v5.1.2
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• Crash when pressing volume keys while BetterDisplay Settings has focus

  bugcan't reproduce
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5877 · Filter by author greenius opened on Oct 9, 2026
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• Apply display-group layout protection through the CLI and Settings

  doneenhancementintegrationinternal pre-releasesync/groups
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5874 · Filter by author kekstime opened on Oct 7, 2026 · v5.1.2
  3

• WindowServer crashes in GenerateModeListForDisplay while BetterDisplay repeatedly creates virtual displays

  bugcan't reproducemacOS versionvirtual screen
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5870 · Filter by author allonli opened on Oct 6, 2026
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• Add cropping to Stream Selected Content

  doneenhancementinternal pre-releasePIP/Stream
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5865 · Filter by author waydabber opened on Oct 4, 2026 · v5.1.2
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• Control brightness, volume and image adjustments with trackpad edges or mouse scrolling

  enhancement
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5863 · Filter by author waydabber opened on Oct 3, 2026

• Control Samsung Smart Device hardware brightness through Samsung IP Control

  enhancementintegration
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5861 · Filter by author kzaoaai opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• High Performance Screen Sharing creates a 1×1 display mode and unresponsive menus when a virtual screen is the main display on macOS 27.2

  awaiting response from reporterbuginvestigatingmacOS versionvirtual screen
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5860 · Filter by author rileysheehan opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• Allow disabling captured media-key shortcuts for mirroring and System Settings

  enhancementpriority
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5547 · Filter by author waydabber opened on Jun 16, 2026
  2

• Add content-adaptive brightness for external displays

  enhancement
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5516 · Filter by author hexeric opened on Jun 9, 2026
  4

• Allow custom controls in the main display toggles and slider area

  enhancementintegration
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5482 · Filter by author l0afloafloaf opened on Jun 1, 2026

• Display the volume OSD from external processes through the CLI

  enhancementintegrationpriority
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5451 · Filter by author waydabber opened on May 21, 2026

• Resynchronize brightness after wake

  doneenhancementinternal pre-releasesync/groups
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5423 · Filter by author fidwj01 opened on May 17, 2026 · v5.1.2
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• Add scale marks and percentage indicators to menu control sliders

  enhancementpriority
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5290 · Filter by author waydabber opened on Apr 10, 2026

• Preserve custom LG webOS input names and optionally restore them on the device

  enhancementintegration
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5263 · Filter by author x-magic opened on Mar 31, 2026

• Allow Auto Brightness to remain visible in the display menu

  enhancementpriority
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5073 · Filter by author Saafo opened on Feb 4, 2026

• Automatically disconnect a virtual screen when its PiP window closes

  enhancementPIP/Streampriorityvirtual screen
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#5041 · Filter by author mmiller42 opened on Jan 22, 2026
  1

• Preserve HDR with scaled resolutions and high refresh rates after display sleep

  enhancementXDR/HDR/upscaling
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#4986 · Filter by author martian099 opened on Jan 6, 2026
  16

• Automatically change display resolution when an application launches

  enhancementpresets/favorites
  waydabber/BetterDisplay#4980 · Filter by author waydabber opened on Jan 5, 2026
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