phoenix_title wx.Display

Determines the sizes and locations of displays connected to the system.


class_hierarchy Class Hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for class Display:

method_summary Methods Summary

__init__

Default constructor creating wx.Display object representing the primary display.

ChangeMode

Changes the video mode of this display to the mode specified in the mode parameter.

GetClientArea

Returns the client area of the display.

GetCount

Returns the number of connected displays.

GetCurrentMode

Returns the current video mode that this display is in.

GetFromPoint

Returns the index of the display on which the given point lies, or NOT_FOUND if the point is not on any connected display.

GetFromWindow

Returns the index of the display on which the given window lies.

GetGeometry

Returns the bounding rectangle of the display whose index was passed to the constructor.

GetModes

Fills and returns an array with all the video modes that are supported by this display, or video modes that are supported by this display and match the mode parameter (if mode is not DefaultVideoMode).

GetName

Returns the display’s name.

GetPPI

Returns display resolution in pixels per inch.

GetScaleFactor

Returns scaling factor used by this display.

GetStdPPI

Returns default display resolution for the current platform as wx.Size.

GetStdPPIValue

Returns default display resolution for the current platform in pixels per inch.

IsPrimary

Returns True if the display is the primary display.


api Class API

class wx.Display(object)

Possible constructors:

Display()

Display(index)

Display(window)

Determines the sizes and locations of displays connected to the system.


Methods

__init__(self, *args, **kw)

overload Overloaded Implementations:



__init__ (self)

Default constructor creating wx.Display object representing the primary display.



__init__ (self, index)

Constructor, setting up a wx.Display instance with the specified display.

Parameters

index (int) – The index of the display to use. This must be non-negative and lower than the value returned by GetCount .



__init__ (self, window)

Constructor creating the display object associated with the given window.

This is the most convenient way of finding the display on which the given window is shown while falling back to the default display if it is not shown at all or positioned outside of any display.

Parameters

window (wx.Window) – A valid, i.e. non-null, window.

New in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.2.

See also

GetFromWindow





ChangeMode(self, mode=DefaultVideoMode)

Changes the video mode of this display to the mode specified in the mode parameter.

If DefaultVideoMode is passed in as the mode parameter, the defined behaviour is that wx.Display will reset the video mode to the default mode used by the display. On Windows, the behaviour is normal. However, there are differences on other platforms. On Unix variations using X11 extensions it should behave as defined, but some irregularities may occur.

Parameters

mode (wx.VideoMode) –

Return type

bool



GetClientArea(self)

Returns the client area of the display.

The client area is the part of the display available for the normal (non full screen) windows, usually it is the same as GetGeometry but it could be less if there is a taskbar (or equivalent) on this display.

Return type

wx.Rect



static GetCount()

Returns the number of connected displays.

Return type

int



GetCurrentMode(self)

Returns the current video mode that this display is in.

Return type

wx.VideoMode



static GetFromPoint(pt)

Returns the index of the display on which the given point lies, or NOT_FOUND if the point is not on any connected display.

Parameters

pt (wx.Point) – The point to locate.

Return type

int



static GetFromWindow(win)

Returns the index of the display on which the given window lies.

If the window is on more than one display it gets the display that overlaps the window the most.

Returns NOT_FOUND if the window is not on any connected display.

Parameters

win (wx.Window) – The window to locate.

Return type

int



GetGeometry(self)

Returns the bounding rectangle of the display whose index was passed to the constructor.

Return type

wx.Rect



GetModes(self, mode=DefaultVideoMode)

Fills and returns an array with all the video modes that are supported by this display, or video modes that are supported by this display and match the mode parameter (if mode is not DefaultVideoMode).

Parameters

mode (wx.VideoMode) –

Return type

ArrayVideoModes



GetName(self)

Returns the display’s name.

The returned value is currently an empty string under all platforms except MSW.

Return type

string



GetPPI(self)

Returns display resolution in pixels per inch.

Horizontal and vertical resolution are returned in x and y components of the wx.Size object respectively.

If the resolution information is not available, returns:

wx.Size(0, 0)
Return type

wx.Size

New in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.2.



GetScaleFactor(self)

Returns scaling factor used by this display.

The scaling factor is the ratio between GetPPI and GetStdPPI (it is implicitly assumed that this ratio is the same for both horizontal and vertical components).

Return type

float

New in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.5.



static GetStdPPI()

Returns default display resolution for the current platform as wx.Size.

This function is equivalent to constructing wx.Size object with both components set to GetStdPPIValue .

Return type

wx.Size

New in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.5.



static GetStdPPIValue()

Returns default display resolution for the current platform in pixels per inch.

This function mostly used internally, use GetPPI to get the actual display resolution.

Currently the standard PPI is the same in both horizontal and vertical directions on all platforms and its value is 96 everywhere except under Apple devices (those running macOS, iOS, watchOS etc), where it is 72.

Return type

int

New in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.5.

See also

GetStdPPI



IsPrimary(self)

Returns True if the display is the primary display.

The primary display is the one whose index is 0.

Return type

bool


Properties

ClientArea

See GetClientArea



CurrentMode

See GetCurrentMode



Geometry

See GetGeometry



Name

See GetName