#!/usr/bin/python3 # Note: use system python3, not /usr/bin/env, because whichever python3 is on # $PATH may not have dbus, but the system python3 does. """Toggle display scaling between 100% and 200%. Based on https://gist.github.com/strycore/ca11203fd63cafcac76d4b04235d8759 For data structure definitions, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/blob/master/src/org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig.xml """ import dbus import sys try: scaling_factor = float(sys.argv[1]) except IndexError: scaling_factor = 1 namespace = "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" dbus_path = "/org/gnome/Mutter/DisplayConfig" session_bus = dbus.SessionBus() obj = session_bus.get_object(namespace, dbus_path) interface = dbus.Interface(obj, dbus_interface=namespace) current_state = interface.GetCurrentState() serial = current_state[0] connected_monitors = current_state[1] logical_monitors = current_state[2] # Multiple monitors are more complicated. For now, since I only use one monitor # in Ubuntu, everything is hard-coded so that only info about the first monitor # is used, and only it will be connected after running the script. # # If someday updating this script: a logical monitor may appear on mutiple # connected monitors due to mirroring. connector = connected_monitors[0][0][0] current_mode = None # ApplyMonitorsConfig() needs (connector name, mode ID) for each connected # monitor of a logical monitor, but GetCurrentState() only returns the # connector name for each connected monitor of a logical monitor. So iterate # through the globally connected monitors to find the mode ID. for mode in connected_monitors[0][1]: if mode[6].get("is-current", False): current_mode = mode[0] current_mode = dbus.String("1920x1080@59.999") updated_connected_monitors = [[connector, current_mode, {}]] x, y, scale, transform, primary, monitors, props = logical_monitors[0] scale = scaling_factor monitor_config = [[x, y, scale, transform, primary, updated_connected_monitors]] # Change the 1 to a 2 if you want a "Revert Settings / Keep Changes" dialog interface.ApplyMonitorsConfig(serial, 1, monitor_config, {})