Module ashpd::desktop

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Interact with the user’s desktop such as taking a screenshot, setting a background or querying the user’s location.

Modules§

  • account
    Access to the current logged user information such as the id, name or their avatar uri.
  • background
    Request to run in the background or started automatically when the user logs in.
  • camera
    Check if a camera is available, request access to it and open a PipeWire remote stream.
  • clipboard
    Interact with the clipboard.
  • device
    Request access to specific devices such as camera, speakers or microphone.
  • dynamic_launcher
    Examples
  • email
    Compose an email.
  • file_chooser
    Open/save file(s) chooser. The interface lets sandboxed applications ask the user for access to files outside the sandbox. The portal backend will present the user with a file chooser dialog.
  • game_mode
    Enable/disable/query the status of Game Mode.
  • global_shortcuts
    Register global shortcuts Register global shortcuts
  • inhibit
    Inhibit the session from being restarted or the user from logging out.
  • input_capture
    Capture input events from physical or logical devices.
  • location
    Query the user’s GPS location.
  • memory_monitor
    Monitor memory level.
  • network_monitor
    Check the status of the network on a user’s machine. Note This portal doesn’t work for sandboxed applications.
  • notification
    Send/withdraw notifications.
  • open_uri
    Open a URI or a directory.
  • power_profile_monitor
    Power profile monitoring.
  • print
    Print a document.
  • proxy_resolver
    Proxy information. Note This portal doesn’t work for sandboxed applications.
  • realtime
    Set threads to realtime.
  • remote_desktop
    Start a remote desktop session and interact with it.
  • screencast
    Start a screencast session and get the PipeWire remote of it.
  • screenshot
    Take a screenshot or pick a color.
  • secret
    Retrieve a per-application secret used to encrypt confidential data inside the sandbox.
  • settings
    Read & listen to system settings changes.
  • trash
    Move a file to the trash.
  • wallpaper
    Set a wallpaper on lockscreen, background or both.

Structs§

  • Color
    A color as a RGB tuple.
  • Request
    The Request interface is shared by all portal interfaces. When a portal method is called, the reply includes a handle (i.e. object path) for a Request object, which will stay alive for the duration of the user interaction related to the method call.
  • Session
    Shared by all portal interfaces that involve long lived sessions.

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