Human readable string for a display name (as in the Displays preference pane)

screenNameForDisplay.m

#import <IOKit/graphics/IOGraphicsLib.h>
#import <IOKit/graphics/IOGraphicsTypes.h>

NSString* screenNameForDisplay(CGDirectDisplayID displayID)
{
    NSString *screenName = nil;

    NSDictionary *deviceInfo = (NSDictionary *)IODisplayCreateInfoDictionary(CGDisplayIOServicePort(displayID), kIODisplayOnlyPreferredName);
    NSDictionary *localizedNames = [deviceInfo objectForKey:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:kDisplayProductName]];

    if ([localizedNames count] > 0) {
        screenName = [[localizedNames objectForKey:[[localizedNames allKeys] objectAtIndex:0]] retain];
    }

    [deviceInfo release];
    return [screenName autorelease];
}