# Display >![](../../public_sys-resources/icon-note.gif) **NOTE:** >The initial APIs of this module are supported since API version 7. Newly added APIs will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version. ## Modules to Import ``` import display from '@ohos.display'; ``` ## Required Permissions None ## DisplayState Provides the state of a display.

Name

Default Value

Description

STATE_UNKNOWN

0

Unknown.

STATE_OFF

1

The display is shut down.

STATE_ON

2

The display is powered on.

STATE_DOZE

3

The display is in sleep mode.

STATE_DOZE_SUSPEND

4

The display is in sleep mode, and the CPU is suspended.

STATE_VR

5

The display is in VR mode.

STATE_ON_SUSPEND

6

The display is powered on, and the CPU is suspended.

## Display Describes the attributes of a display. ### Attributes

Name

Type

Readable

Writable

Description

id

number

Yes

No

ID of the display.

name

string

Yes

No

Name of the display.

alive

boolean

Yes

No

Whether the display is alive.

state

DisplayState

Yes

No

State of the display.

refreshRate

number

Yes

No

Refresh rate of the display.

rotation

number

Yes

No

Screen rotation angle of the display.

width

number

Yes

No

Width of the display, in pixels.

height

number

Yes

No

Height of the display, in pixels.

densityDPI

number

Yes

No

Screen density of the display, in DPI.

densityPixels

number

Yes

No

Screen density of the display, in pixels.

scaledDensity

number

Yes

No

Scaling factor for fonts displayed on the display.

xDPI

number

Yes

No

Exact physical dots per inch of the screen in the horizontal direction.

yDPI

number

Yes

No

Exact physical dots per inch of the screen in the vertical direction.

## display.getDefaultDisplay getDefaultDisplay\(callback: AsyncCallback\): void; Obtains the default display object. - Parameters

Name

Type

Mandatory

Description

callback

AsyncCallback<Display>

Yes

Callback used to return the attributes of the default display.

- Example ``` var displayClass = null; display.getDefaultDisplay((err, data) => { if (err) { console.error('Failed to obtain the default display object. Code: ' + JSON.stringify(err)); return; } console.info('Succeeded in obtaining the default display object. Data:' + JSON.stringify(data)); displayClass = data; }); ``` ## display.getAllDisplay getAllDisplay\(callback: AsyncCallback\>\): void; Obtains all the display objects. - Parameters

Name

Type

Mandatory

Description

callback

AsyncCallback<Array<Display>>

Yes

Callback used to return the attributes of all displays.

- Example ``` display.getAllDisplay((err, data) => { if (err) { console.error('Failed to obtain all the display objects. Code: ' + JSON.stringify(err)); return; } console.info('Succeeded in obtaining all the display objects. Data: ' + JSON.stringify(data)) }); ``` ## display.on\('add'|'remove'|'change'\) on\(type: 'add'|'remove'|'change', callback: Callback\): void; Enables listening. - Parameters

Name

Type

Mandatory

Description

type

string

Yes

Listening type.

  • add: listening for whether a display is added
  • remove: listening for whether a display is removed
  • change: listening for whether a display is changed

callback

Callback<number>

Yes

Callback used to return the ID of the display.

- Example ``` var type = "add"; var callback = (data) => { console.info('Listening enabled. Data: ' + JSON.stringify(data)) } display.on(type, callback); ``` ## display.off\('add'|'remove'|'change'\) off\(type: 'add'|'remove'|'change', callback?: Callback\): void; Disables listening. - Parameters

Name

Type

Mandatory

Description

type

string

Yes

Listening type.

  • add: listening for whether a display is added
  • remove: listening for whether a display is removed
  • change: listening for whether a display is changed

callback

Callback<number>

No

Callback used to return the ID of the display.

- Example ``` var type = "remove"; display.off(type); ```