Quartz Window Services

Overview

This includes the onscreen windows seen on the user’s desktop and any offscreen windows used by the running applications. You can also use Quartz Window Services to generate images based on the contents of windows.

Topics

Getting Window Information

• CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo(_:_:)
• CGWindowListCreateDescriptionFromArray(_:)
• CGWindowListCreateImage(_:_:_:_:)
• init(windowListFromArrayScreenBounds:windowArray:imageOption:)

Data Types

• CGWindowID
• CGWindowListOption
• CGWindowImageOption
• CGWindowSharingType
• CGWindowBackingType

Constants

• Window Sharing Constants
• Backing Store Types
• Window List Option Constants
• Window Image Types
• CGWindowID Encoding Type
• Null Window
• Window Sharing Encoding Type
• Window Backing Encoding Type
• Required Window List Keys
• Optional Window List Keys

See Also

Services

• Quartz Display Services
• Quartz Event Services