Brightness Keyboard Shortcut - Dual Displays

Hi guys,
Posted this in another forum and did not get an answer so thought I'd give it a try here. I've got a Mac Pro with dual 23" displays. Anyone know of a way for the keyboard shortcuts (F14/F15) to affect brightness on BOTH displays instead of just the main one?
Thanks in advance!

Nope. Not it. I managed to set it so F1/F2 **AND** Fn+F1/Fn+F2 adjust the screen brightness. I can't for the life of me find where I *defined the keyboard shortcuts* for the screen brightness. I know that I did it, I just wish I'd written down *where*.
The problem I'm having is that the system F1/F2 functions are overriding application-specific shortcuts. NOT the "Function/Fn" stuff.

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