Abstract: A method for operating an electronically-controlled headlamp system of a motor vehicle capable of generating different light distributions, including a high-beam distribution and a low-beam distribution. The roadway region illuminated by the headlamps during the adjustment of the high-beam distribution comprises a high-beam region and a dimmed region, and the border between the high-beam region and the dimmed region is defined by at least one high-beam edge. An electronic headlamp controller is operable to displace or move the high-beam edge at a rate that is variable depending on a current driving scenario. The driving scenario may include a condition of a vehicle environment, a traffic scenario, a vehicle state, and an activity of vehicle driver. The transition duration between two different light intensities, the light-intensity adaptation, and the separation between a high-beam edge and an object (such as another vehicle), may also be varied depending on the driving scenario.