crandr 1.0.2

This is a unifying wrapper around xrandr and swaymsg to control your monitors/outputs,

This is a unifying wrapper around xrandr and swaymsg to control your monitors/outputs, mainly intended for setups where only one or two monitors are enabled at the same time.

xrandr's syntax is too verbose for direct usage and too explicit to use it in an i3/sway config file. This script tries to make things easier.

Examples

• ./main.py cycles through all connected monitors.
• ./main.py toggle toggles between the internal monitor and an external monitor.
• ./main.py extend left turns on another monitor and positions it left of the currently enabled monitor.
• ./main.py mirror turns on another monitor and mirrors the displayed content. If the monitors have different resolutions the internal monitor is scaled to match the resolution of the external monitor. If you want another monitor to be scaled you can specify the monitor which should not be scaled with --original. (Sway does not support mirroring yet, see this issue.)
• ./main.py scale .8 if everything is displayed too small and you want to make things bigger.
• ./main.py rotate left rotates the content of the currently enabled monitor so that the top of the content is at the left edge of the monitor.
• ./main.py reset external enables the external monitor with default rotation and scaling and turns off all other monitors (the internal monitor).
• ./main.py list to list all connected monitors.

Help

For more information see

• ./main.py --help
• ./main.py cycle --help
• ./main.py toggle --help
• ./main.py extend --help
• ./main.py mirror --help
• ./main.py scale --help
• ./main.py rotate --help
• ./main.py reset --help
• ./main.py list --help

Dependencies

• Python >= 3.8
• xrandr and RandR >= version 1.3 or swaymsg

Dependencies for running the tests:

• mypy
• pytest

Alternatives

• arandr (for X) and wdisplays (for wayland) are graphical user interfaces to control monitors.
• autorandr (for X) and kanshi (for wayland) are programs which automatically enable output profiles when connecting and disconnecting monitors.