Display

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Description:

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Static methods:

• public static unowned Display get_default ()
  Gets the default `GdkDisplay`.
• public static unowned Display open (string display_name)
  Opens a display.
• public static unowned Display open_default_libgtk_only ()
  Opens the default display specified by command line arguments or environment variables, sets it as the default display, and returns it.

Creation methods:

• protected Display ()

Methods:

• public void add_client_message_filter (Atom message_type, FilterFunc func)
• public void beep ()
  Emits a short beep on this
• public void close ()
  Closes the connection to the windowing system for the given display.
• public void flush ()
  Flushes any requests queued for the windowing system.
• public unowned Device get_core_pointer ()
• public uint get_default_cursor_size ()
  Returns the default size to use for cursors on this.
• public unowned Window get_default_group ()
  Returns the default group leader window for all toplevel windows on this.
• public virtual unowned Screen get_default_screen ()
  Get the default Screen for this.
• public virtual unowned string get_display_name ()
• public Event get_event ()
  Gets the next Event to be processed for this, fetching events from the windowing system if necessary.
• public void get_maximal_cursor_size (out uint width, out uint height)
  Gets the maximal size to use for cursors on this.
• public virtual int get_n_screens ()
  Gets the number of screen managed by the this.
• public unowned string get_name ()
  Gets the name of the display.
• public void get_pointer (out unowned Screen screen, out int x, out int y, out ModifierType mask)
  Gets the current location of the pointer and the current modifier mask for a given display.
• public virtual unowned Screen get_screen (int screen_num)
  Returns a screen object for one of the screens of the display.
• public unowned Window get_window_at_pointer (int win_x, int win_y)
  Obtains the window underneath the mouse pointer, returning the location of the pointer in that window in win_x, win_y for screen.
• public bool is_closed ()
  Finds out if the display has been closed.
• public void keyboard_ungrab (uint32 time_)
  Release any keyboard grab
• public unowned List<Device> list_devices ()
  Returns the list of available input devices attached to this.
• public Event peek_event ()
  Gets a copy of the first Event in the this’s event queue, without removing the event from the queue.
• public bool pointer_is_grabbed ()
  Test if the pointer is grabbed.
• public void pointer_ungrab (uint32 time_)
  Release any pointer grab.
• public void put_event (Event event)
  Adds the given event to the event queue for this.
• public bool request_selection_notification (Atom selection)
  Request EventOwnerChange events for ownership changes of the selection named by the given atom.
• public void set_double_click_distance (uint distance)
  Sets the double click distance (two clicks within this distance count as a double click and result in a @2BUTTON_PRESS event).
• public void set_double_click_time (uint msec)
  Sets the double click time (two clicks within this time interval count as a double click and result in a @2BUTTON_PRESS event).
• public unowned DisplayPointerHooks set_pointer_hooks (DisplayPointerHooks new_hooks)
• public void store_clipboard (Window clipboard_window, uint32 time_, Atom[] targets)
  Issues a request to the clipboard manager to store the clipboard data.
• public bool supports_clipboard_persistence ()
  Returns whether the speicifed display supports clipboard persistance; i.
• public bool supports_composite ()
  Returns true if set_composited can be used to redirect drawing on the window using compositing.
• public bool supports_cursor_alpha ()
  Returns true if cursors can use an 8bit alpha channel on this.
• public bool supports_cursor_color ()
  Returns true if multicolored cursors are supported on this.
• public bool supports_input_shapes ()
  Returns true if the display supports input shapes.
• public bool supports_selection_notification ()
  Returns whether EventOwnerChange events will be sent when the owner of a selection changes.
• public bool supports_shapes ()
  Returns true if shape_combine_mask can be used to create shaped windows on this.
• public void sync ()
  Flushes any requests queued for the windowing system and waits until all requests have been handled.
• public void warp_pointer (Screen screen, int x, int y)
  Warps the pointer of this to the point x,y on the screen screen, unless the pointer is confined to a window by a grab, in which case it will be moved as far as allowed by the grab.

Signals:

• public virtual signal void closed (bool is_error)
  Emitted when the connection to the windowing system for display is closed.

Fields:

• public unowned uint32[] button_click_time
• public unowned int[] button_number
• public unowned Window[] button_window
• public unowned int[] button_x
• public unowned int[] button_y
• public unowned Device core_pointer
• public uint double_click_distance
• public uint double_click_time
• public uint ignore_core_events
• public unowned KeyboardGrabInfo keyboard_grab
• public uint32 last_event_time
• public unowned List pointer_grabs
• public unowned DisplayPointerHooks pointer_hooks
• public unowned PointerWindowInfo pointer_info
• public unowned List queued_events
• public unowned List queued_tail

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