Enumerate the desktops (spaces) in each NSScreen

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Created Jan ’21

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Hi all,

I'm currently implementing a feature that performs customized behavior in each desktop (space).
As far as I know, Apple does not have an API that can enumerate all spaces under each screen. I've only found a way that can get all spaces, but cannot find any method on how to determine each space belongs to which screen. Can somebody help me out? Thanks in advance.

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parker9 OP

May ’22

You can figure out which Desktops go with which Screens by comparing their CGRect (be careful, some CGRect has the vertical axis direction flipped- see https://entonos.com/index.php/2021/05/20/which-cgrect-was-that/).

However, I have yet to figure out which Space corresponds to which Desktop (or vice versa). The best I've found is to ask CoreGraphics if a Desktop window is currently on screen. You then know that Desktop is on the current Space. Of course, you don't know which Space you're actually on.

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