There are some tools out there that will allow you to bind hotkeys (or at least provide a widget) to send brightness-adjustment commands via DDC/CI over the HDM

There are some tools out there that will allow you to bind hotkeys (or at least provide a widget) to send brightness-adjustment commands via DDC/CI over the HDMI/DP cable to your desktop monitor. This may improve your UX. My 2015 and 2021 Dell monitors both support the functionality, with differing degrees of finesse. Non-exhaustive list: Linux: https://github.com/ddccontrol/ddccontrol https://github.com/ddccontrol/ddccontrol || https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcutil https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcutil macOS: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl Windows: https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian