I accidetally hit the brightness button -Question about Auto brightness....

I leave my display settings on "Automatically adjust screen as ambient light changes" which works in conjunction with the keyboard illumination.
My question is, I accidentally hit the "Brightness Decrease" button often, the button directly above the ONE key. I was wondering,... How does that affect the automatic features?
I noticed that the brightness never seems to go above about half way on the meter in the displays control panel, Do I have to adjust the brightness to full intensity to give the display more "Automatic" Range?
It seems as if since I hit the decrease button, no matter how bright or dim a room is, the display never goes about the half-way mark.
I know this is a weird question, but I really apprciate your opionon / information relating to this,
-Rob

(I do not know all that much on this topic, but) I believe that when you hit the brightness button, the automatic adjustment turns off. To reactivate it, you can restart your computer (obviously), or, I noticed that the automatic kicks back in when you unplug/plugin your computer.
That's about all I know.
I can experiment with more things if you want, just let me know. And I was curious, how do you keep accidentily hitting the brightness button?
Peace
Bweb

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