Confusion about saving to Display Profiles

[antonkesy]

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## DMS Doctor Report

System

• [ok] Operating System: Arch Linux
  • ID: arch, Version: rolling, Arch: amd64
• [ok] Architecture: amd64
• [ok] Display Server: Wayland
  • WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1

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Installation

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• [ok] shell.qml: Present
  • /usr/share/quickshell/dms/shell.qml
• [info] Install Type: System package
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Compositor

• [ok] Hyprland: 0.55.4
  • /usr/bin/hyprland
• [ok] niri: 26.04
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• [info] Active: Hyprland
• [warn] Background Blur: Unsupported
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Optional Features

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• [info] I2C/DDC: No monitors detected
  • External monitor brightness control
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• [warn] kimageformats: Not installed
  • AVIF, HEIF, JXL support
• [ok] Terminal: kitty, alacritty
• [ok] Network: NetworkManager
  • NetworkManager present. Using NM API.
• [warn] matugen: Missing
  • Dynamic theming
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  • System monitoring
• [ok] cava: Installed
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• [info] khal: Not installed
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• [ok] danksearch: Installed
  • File search
• [ok] fprintd: Installed
  • Fingerprint auth

Config Files

• [ok] settings.json: Present
  • /home/ak/.config/DankMaterialShell/settings.json
• [ok] clsettings.json: Present
  • /home/ak/.config/DankMaterialShell/clsettings.json
• [ok] plugin_settings.json: Present
  • /home/ak/.config/DankMaterialShell/plugin_settings.json
• [ok] session.json: Present
  • /home/ak/.local/state/DankMaterialShell/session.json
• [info] dms-colors.json: Not yet created
  • /home/ak/.cache/DankMaterialShell/dms-colors.json

Services

• [warn] dms.service: Disabled
• [info] greetd: Not installed
  • Optional greeter service

Environment

• [info] QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME: Not set
• [info] QS_ICON_THEME: Not set

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Summary: 0 error(s), 4 warning(s), 30 ok

Description

TL:DR: I find the Display Profiles UX not intuitive and I'm never sure how to save/not save changes.

I'm slightly confused how Display Profiles work.
Every time I use it, multiple question arise. Either the UX is not that great or I'm just stupid/not used to something like that.

Mostly its unclear for me: When is my profile used/changed

Scenario 1:
I have a profile selected. Now I change something in the Monitor Configuration and press Apply Changes. Does this also overwrite my profile implicitly? How to explicitly save my profile?

Scenario 2:
I have a profile loaded with my laptop using a docking station with displays. Now I move to a different docking station. For this station I don't have an existing profile and don't want to create one. How to change the display configuration without overwriting my existing profile (if my profile is saved implicitly)?

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