| XININFO(1) | General Commands Manual | XININFO(1) |
xininfo - a tool to query the layout and size of each configured monitor.
xininfo [-monitor id] [-active-mon] [-mon-size] [ -mon-width ] [ -mon-height ] [ -mon-x ] [ -mon-y ] [ -mon-pos ] [ -num-mon ] [ -max-mon-width ] [ -max-mon-height ] [ -print ]
xininfo is an X11 utility to query the current layout and size of each configured monitor. It is designed to be used by scripts.
MIT/X11
xininfo accepts the following commands. Multiple commands can be concatenated. All information returned is in number of pixels.
monitor id
Set queried monitor to *id*. By default it uses the active monitor.
active-mon
Query the *id* of the active monitor. **Prints**: *id*
mon-size
Get the size of the monitor. **Prints**: *width* *height*
mon-width
Get the width of the monitor: **Prints**: *width*
mon-height
Get the height of the monitor: **Prints**: *height*
mon-x
Get the x position of the monitor: **Prints**: *x*
mon-y
Get the y position of the monitor: **Prints**: *y*
mon-pos
Get the position of the monitor: **Prints**: *x* *y*
num-mon
Queries the number of configured monitors. **Prints**: *#monitors*
max-mon-width
Query width of the monitor with the most horizontal pixels **Prints**: *width*
max-mon-height
Query height of the monitor with the most vertical pixels **Prints**: *width*
Print out all information in a human readable format.
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