How to add a keyboard shortcut to switch a display's Color Mode or set grayscale/standard framebuffer?

[jayden-sudo]

Thank you for creating such a cool software!

I have a request:
Could you please add a hotkey feature that allows users to quickly switch the Color Mode for a specific display?

Specifically:
Set Display Color Mode → Standard Framebuffer | Grayscale Framebuffer

Reason: I’ve found that default colors are not friendly to my current color e-ink display. I often need to manually switch a specific screen between Standard and Grayscale modes. Since there is currently no hotkey for this, doing it manually each time is time-consuming.

I’d really appreciate it if BetterDisplay could support a hotkey to switch the Color Mode of a specific display (At the same time I think it will help a lot of people who are similar to me).

Thanks a lot!

[waydabber]

Hi there - you can do this by using macOS Shortcuts and the Color Mode action provided by BetterDisplay.

[jayden-sudo]

Thank you!

[waydabber]

Oh sorry, I see that you want to change the grayscale/standard framebuffer setting. For that you should create a Shell Script action in Shortcuts, and use CLI, like:

/Applications/BetterDisplay.app/Contents/MacOS/BetterDisplay perform -n=samsung -garyscaleFramebuffer

/Applications/BetterDisplay.app/Contents/MacOS/BetterDisplay perform -n=samsung -standardFramebuffer

(note: replace samsung with some part of the name of your display).

[jayden-sudo]

Wow! so cool! thanks!