Screen

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Object Hierarchy:

Description:

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Properties:

• public Window active_window { owned get; }
  The currently-active window.
• public Screen gdk_screen { owned get; construct; }
  The Screen instance used to construct this Screen.
• public bool show_desktop { get; set; }
  Whether or not to show the desktop.
• public WorkspaceManager workspace_manager { owned get; }
  The WorkspaceManager that manages and describes workspace groups and workspaces on this screen instance.

Static methods:

• public static Screen get_default ()
  Retrieves the Screen instance corresponding to the default Screen.

Creation methods:

• protected Screen ()

Methods:

• public unowned Window? get_active_window ()
  Retrieves the window on this that is currently active.
• public unowned Monitor? get_monitor_from_gdk_monitor (Monitor monitor)
  Attempts to find the Monitor corresponding to monitor.
• public unowned List<Monitor>? get_monitors ()
  Retrieves the list of monitors currently attached and enabled on this.
• public unowned Monitor? get_primary_monitor ()
  Returns the monitor designated as "primary".
• public unowned List<Seat>? get_seats ()
  Returns the list of all Seat instances available on this.
• public bool get_show_desktop ()
• public unowned List<Window>? get_windows ()
  Retrieves the list of windows currently displayed on this.
• public unowned List<Window>? get_windows_stacked ()
  Retrieves the list of windows currently displayed on this, in stacking order, with the bottom-most window first in the returned list.
• public unowned WorkspaceManager get_workspace_manager ()
  Retrieves this screen's WorkspaceManager instance, which can be used to inspect and interact with this's workspace groups and workspaces.
• public void set_show_desktop (bool show)
  Showing the desktop minimizes the windows not minimized at the time of the query.

Signals:

• public signal void active_window_changed (Window window)
  Emitted when a new window becomes the active window.
• public signal void monitor_added (Monitor monitor)
  Emitted when a monitor is added to screen.
• public signal void monitor_removed (Monitor monitor)
  Emitted when a monitor is removed from screen.
• public signal void monitors_changed ()
  Emitted when one of the following has changed about the monitors attached to screen:
• public signal void seat_added (Seat seat)
  Emitted when seat has been added to screen.
• public signal void seat_removed (Seat seat)
  Emitted when seat has been added to screen.
• public signal void window_closed (Window window)
  Emitted when a window is closed on the screen.
• public signal void window_manager_changed ()
  Emitted when the window manager on screen has changed.
• public signal void window_opened (Window window)
  Emitted when a new window is opened on the screen.
• public signal void window_stacking_changed ()
  Emitted when the order of the windows as displayed on the screen has changed.

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