function [oldSetting, status] = AutoBrightness(screenNumber, newSetting) % [oldSetting, status] = AutoBrightness([screenNumber=0][, newSetting]) % % OBSOLETE: Use MacDisplaySettings instead. It's faster and more reliable. % To support old programs we have rewritten this to simply call % MacDisplaySettings. However, it's probably best to replace your call to % AutoBrightness by your own call to MacDisplaySettings, using what's below % as a model. If you need AutoBrightness you probably also need more of the % controls offered by MacDisplaySettings. % % AUTOBRIGHTNESS. Get and set the "Automatically adjust brightness" % checkbox on the Mac OS X: System Preferences: Displays panel. The % function argument "newSetting" (integer 0 or 1) indicates whether you % want to turn the autobrightness feature on (newSetting==1) or off % (newSetting==0). If you call without an argument (or anything other than % 0 or 1) then nothing is changed. The current state is always reported in % the returned oldSetting (0 or 1). The optionally returned "status" is % always zero unless the applescript failed. % % HISTORY: Written by denis.pelli@nyu.edu for the Psychtoolbox, May 21, % 2015. Incorporated into MATLAB adding untested code to specify which % screen, by Mario Kleiner, June 1. Convert return argument from string to % double, by Denis, June 11, 2015. Replaced by a call to the new % MacDisplaySettings (as suggested by Mario) Denis Pelli, May 6, 2020. % % See also: % MacDisplaySettings.m % May 6, 2020, denis.pelli@nyu.edu if ~IsOSX oldSetting = 0; status = 1; % Signal failure on this unsupported OS. return end if nargin<1 screenNumber=0; end if nargin<2 newSetting=[]; end newSettings.automatically=newSetting; [oldSettings,errorMessage]=MacDisplaySettings(screenNumber,newSettings); oldSetting=oldSettings.automatically; if ~isempty(errorMessage) warning('%s',errorMessage); end status=~isempty(errorMessage); end