Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--display

What does --display do?

Which X11 display to connect to. Emulates the GTK+ "--display=" command line argument. In use only with Ozone/X11.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --display using CLI

chrome --display

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --display using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--display']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --display using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--display']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --display using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--display')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

LINUX || IS_CHROMEOS