Lighting

Keyboard preview, backlight, Aura effects, power states, AniMe Matrix and Slash.

Lighting controls the ASUS laptop keyboard and supported AniMe Matrix or Slash lid hardware. Available effects and power-state controls depend on the device.

Keyboard backlight

Select Off, Low, Medium or Max. Home, Quick Panel and supported backlight hotkeys control the same brightness setting. Changing the level from a hotkey shows a floating notification with the new level; its appearance, location and duration are covered under First run.

Stable Windows app Lighting controls with an example keyboard and settings. Shape, zoning and available effects depend on your machine.

Keyboard preview

The keyboard preview above follows brightness and the selected effect. It represents per-key, four-zone or single-zone lighting according to detected support, and includes a front light bar where available.

The key arrangement comes from a chassis-family layout table, with a generic fallback for an unmatched model. The three Keyboard shape switches control the number pad, tall Enter key and light around keycaps in the preview. They do not remap physical keys.

The preview reproduces built-in animated effects and can use colours from Arsenal’s software-driven effects. It is a visual representation, not a measurement of each physical LED.

Aura effects and colour

Select an effect from the list offered for your keyboard. Supported choices can include Static, Breathe, colour cycling, Rainbow and software-driven effects such as Heatmap, Ambient, Battery, GPU Mode, Gradient and audio modes.

The colour picker sits beside the keyboard preview, with Apply colour under the picker. Choose a colour and animation speed, then apply it. Selecting a colour preset changes the picker first. There is no separate direction control on the current Lighting page.

Lighting power states

Stay lit during controls the supported keyboard and light-bar power states:

• Awake: while the laptop is in use.
• Boot: during startup.
• Sleep: during standby.
• Shutdown: while powered off on AC.

Separate AC and battery backlight timeouts are on Advanced.

AniMe Matrix and Slash

The lid-lighting section appears when compatible hardware is detected. Both have visual and brightness selections, but their content controls differ.

• AniMe Matrix: supported running visuals, picture/GIF content, text with font and size controls, clock/date formatting with optional battery display, and audio bars or spectrum. Use the relevant Apply button for edited content.
• Slash: animation interval, boot and sleep animation behavior, sleep pattern, low-battery alert, battery-level indicator and low-battery dimming, together in one section.

Lid-lighting power options

Turn off on battery and Turn off when the lid is closed control when supported lid lighting is suppressed. Review their current values on your machine.

Peripheral lighting

External ASUS keyboards have separate controls on Devices, including supported Aura sync, profiles, power settings and OLED controls.