xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"

      type="topic" style="question"

      id="power-whydim">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="power#saving"/>

    <link type="guide" xref="hardware-problems-graphics"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.7.1" version="0.2" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-10-29" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-29" status="final"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.20" date="2016-06-15" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>

      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>

      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <desc>The screen will dim when the computer is idle in order to save power.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Why does my screen go dim after a while?</title>

  <comment>

    shaunm

    
We have a few disparate pages on this. We should consider consolidating

    or rethinking how we cross-link them.

  </comment>

  
If it is possible to set the brightness of your screen, it will dim when

  the computer is idle in order to save power. When you start using the

  computer again, the screen will brighten.

  
To stop the screen from dimming itself:

  <steps>

    <item>

      
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui>

      overview and start typing <gui>Power</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click <gui>Power</gui> to open the panel.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Switch <gui>Dim screen when inactive</gui> to <gui>OFF</gui> in the <gui>Power

      Saving</gui> section.

    </item>

  </steps>

</page>