MacBook – How to turn off display by pressing the power button of MacBook Pro 2016? (Changing the behaviors of the power buttons)

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I'd like to know how to change the behaviors of the power button of the MacBook Pro to have "turn off display" function. (As far as I know, default setting of a single press of the button gives you nothing or switching users depending on situations.)

I noticed a similar question was asked many years ago in the link below.

How do you change the behavior of the power button in Lion?

However, this terminal tip is outdated (press to sleep is not default anymore) and I want to have the display turned off instead of hibernating the whole system or popping up a dialogue. My university Ethernet disconnects any hibernated devices and that's why I'd just like to have the display off (and locked simultaneously).

(I added "turn off display" button at the far-right side of the Touch Bar, but it's definitely a waste of Touch Bar real estate. More Touch Bar space for scribbling videos is desired…)

As I couldn't find anything that satisfies my situations above, let me ask you all. ??‍♂️

Best Answer

As far as I know there's no Apple supported method of changing the power button behavior like that.