al_get_monitor_info(3)

al_get_monitor_info3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
bool al_get_monitor_info(int adapter, ALLEGRO_MONITOR_INFO *info)

Overview

Get information about a monitor’s position on the desktop. adapter is a number from 0 to al_get_num_video_adapters()-1.

On Windows, use al_set_new_display_flags(3) to switch between Direct3D and OpenGL backends, which will often have different adapters available.

Returns true on success, false on failure.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.