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OSIT-AE-App-Native-Electron/scripts/display_control.m
Scott Idem a14c7c7a3f feat(display): add display_control CoreGraphics binary, replace displayplacer as primary path
Derived from OSIT MasterKey app (LegacyUtilities.m, Ian Kohl 2019).
Uses CGConfigureDisplayMirrorOfDisplay — native macOS API, no Homebrew dependency.
Handler now tries display_control first; falls back to displayplacer for missing binary
or per-device configStr overrides. Build the binary via scripts/build-display-control.sh
on a Mac (requires Xcode CLT only), then commit resources/bin/display_control.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-20 16:48:19 -04:00

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/*
* display_control.m
* Native macOS CLI for programmatic display mirror/extend control.
*
* Derived from the OSIT MasterKey app (LegacyUtilities.m, Ian Kohl 2019).
* Uses CoreGraphics APIs — no external dependencies (no displayplacer/Homebrew required).
*
* Build: run scripts/build-display-control.sh on a Mac (requires Xcode Command Line Tools)
* Usage: display_control <mirror|extend|status>
*/
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#include <Carbon/Carbon.h>
#define MAX_DISPLAYS 8
static int mirror_displays(void) {
CGDirectDisplayID onlineDspys[MAX_DISPLAYS] = {0};
CGDisplayCount numOnline = 0;
CGGetOnlineDisplayList(MAX_DISPLAYS, onlineDspys, &numOnline);
if (numOnline < 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "No secondary display detected (%u online).\n", numOnline);
return 1;
}
CGDirectDisplayID mainID = CGMainDisplayID();
CGDisplayConfigRef config;
CGError err = CGBeginDisplayConfiguration(&config);
if (err != kCGErrorSuccess) {
fprintf(stderr, "CGBeginDisplayConfiguration failed: %d\n", err);
return 1;
}
BOOL any_configured = NO;
for (CGDisplayCount i = 0; i < numOnline; i++) {
if (onlineDspys[i] != mainID) {
err = CGConfigureDisplayMirrorOfDisplay(config, onlineDspys[i], mainID);
if (err != kCGErrorSuccess) {
fprintf(stderr, "CGConfigureDisplayMirrorOfDisplay failed: %d\n", err);
CGCancelDisplayConfiguration(config);
return 1;
}
any_configured = YES;
}
}
if (!any_configured) {
CGCancelDisplayConfiguration(config);
fprintf(stderr, "No secondary displays to mirror.\n");
return 1;
}
err = CGCompleteDisplayConfiguration(config, kCGConfigurePermanently);
if (err != kCGErrorSuccess) {
fprintf(stderr, "CGCompleteDisplayConfiguration failed: %d\n", err);
return 1;
}
printf("Mirrored %u display(s).\n", numOnline - 1);
return 0;
}
static int extend_displays(void) {
CGDirectDisplayID onlineDspys[MAX_DISPLAYS] = {0};
CGDirectDisplayID activeDspys[MAX_DISPLAYS] = {0};
CGDisplayCount numOnline = 0, numActive = 0;
CGGetOnlineDisplayList(MAX_DISPLAYS, onlineDspys, &numOnline);
CGGetActiveDisplayList(MAX_DISPLAYS, activeDspys, &numActive);
if (numOnline < 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "No secondary display detected (%u online).\n", numOnline);
return 1;
}
if (numActive >= numOnline) {
printf("Displays already extended.\n");
return 0;
}
CGDirectDisplayID mainID = CGMainDisplayID();
CGDisplayConfigRef config;
CGError err = CGBeginDisplayConfiguration(&config);
if (err != kCGErrorSuccess) {
fprintf(stderr, "CGBeginDisplayConfiguration failed: %d\n", err);
return 1;
}
for (CGDisplayCount i = 0; i < numOnline; i++) {
if (onlineDspys[i] != mainID) {
// kCGNullDirectDisplay as master = un-mirror (extend)
err = CGConfigureDisplayMirrorOfDisplay(config, onlineDspys[i], kCGNullDirectDisplay);
if (err != kCGErrorSuccess) {
fprintf(stderr, "CGConfigureDisplayMirrorOfDisplay(null) failed: %d\n", err);
CGCancelDisplayConfiguration(config);
return 1;
}
}
}
err = CGCompleteDisplayConfiguration(config, kCGConfigurePermanently);
if (err != kCGErrorSuccess) {
fprintf(stderr, "CGCompleteDisplayConfiguration failed: %d\n", err);
return 1;
}
printf("Displays extended.\n");
return 0;
}
static void print_status(void) {
CGDirectDisplayID onlineDspys[MAX_DISPLAYS] = {0};
CGDirectDisplayID activeDspys[MAX_DISPLAYS] = {0};
CGDisplayCount numOnline = 0, numActive = 0;
CGGetOnlineDisplayList(MAX_DISPLAYS, onlineDspys, &numOnline);
CGGetActiveDisplayList(MAX_DISPLAYS, activeDspys, &numActive);
printf("online=%u active=%u %s\n",
numOnline, numActive,
(numOnline > 1 && numActive < numOnline) ? "mirrored" : "extended");
}
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
@autoreleasepool {
if (argc < 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: display_control <mirror|extend|status>\n");
return 1;
}
const char *cmd = argv[1];
if (strcmp(cmd, "mirror") == 0) {
return mirror_displays();
} else if (strcmp(cmd, "extend") == 0) {
return extend_displays();
} else if (strcmp(cmd, "status") == 0) {
print_status();
return 0;
} else {
fprintf(stderr, "Unknown command: %s\nUsage: display_control <mirror|extend|status>\n", cmd);
return 1;
}
}
}