diff --git a/src/xwrap/display.rs b/src/xwrap/display.rs
index 1e9dcec..819e204 100644
--- a/src/xwrap/display.rs
+++ b/src/xwrap/display.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,44 @@
-use std::{env, ffi, ptr};
+use std::{env, ffi, ptr, ops};
 
 use x11::xlib::{self, BadGC};
 
-use super::error;
+use anyhow::Result;
+
+use super::{error, screen, window};
 
 pub struct Display {
-    ptr: *mut xlib::Display,
+    pub(super) ptr: *mut xlib::Display,
     name: String,
+    keyboard_grab: Option<Grabbables>,
+    pointer_grab: Option<Grabbables>,
+}
+
+// for keyboard/pointer grabs so Display is less messy
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Grabbables {
+    keyboard_mode: GrabMode,
+    pointer_mode: GrabMode,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+pub enum GrabMode {
+    Sync,
+    Async,
+}
+
+impl From<GrabMode> for i32 {
+    fn from(v: GrabMode) -> Self {
+        match v {
+            GrabMode::Sync => xlib::GrabModeSync,
+            GrabMode::Async => xlib::GrabModeAsync,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Display {
     /// Call XOpenDisplay to open a connection to the X Server.
     /// If `display_name` is `None`, the value of the `DISPLAY` environment variable will be used.
-    pub fn open(display_name: Option<String>) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+    pub fn open(display_name: Option<String>) -> Result<Self> {
         let name = ffi::CString::new(if let Some(name) = display_name {
             name
         } else {
@@ -31,6 +57,8 @@ impl Display {
             Ok(Self {
                 ptr: display_ptr,
                 name: name.into_string()?,
+                pointer_grab: None,
+                keyboard_grab: None,
             })
         }
     }
@@ -38,7 +66,7 @@ impl Display {
     /// Calls XFlush to flush the output buffer.
     pub fn flush(&self) {
         unsafe {
-            xlib::XFlush(self.ptr)
+            xlib::XFlush(self.ptr);
         }
     }
 
@@ -52,8 +80,80 @@ impl Display {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Calls xlib::XDefaultScreen to get the default screen number referenced by Display::open. 
+    /// This should be used to retrieve the screen number in applications that'll only use a single
+    /// screen.
+    pub fn default_screen_nr(&self) -> i32 {
+        unsafe {
+            xlib::XDefaultScreen(self.ptr)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the default screen
+    pub fn default_screen(&self) -> screen::Screen {
+        screen::Screen {
+            ptr: unsafe {
+                xlib::XDefaultScreenOfDisplay(self.ptr)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the root window of the default screen
+    pub fn default_root_window(&self) -> window::Window {
+        window::Window {
+            wid: unsafe {
+                xlib::XDefaultRootWindow(self.ptr)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Get the range of legal KeyCodes for a display.
+    pub fn keycodes(&self) -> Result<ops::Range<i32>> {
+        let (mut min, mut max) = (0, 0);
+
+        if unsafe { xlib::XDisplayKeycodes(self.ptr, &mut min, &mut max) } == 0 {
+            Err(error::XError::DisplayKeycodesError.into())
+        } else {
+            Ok(min..max)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn grab_keyboard(
+        &mut self, 
+        grab_window: window::Window, 
+        owner_events: bool, 
+        pointer_mode: GrabMode,
+        keyboard_mode: GrabMode,
+        time:xlib::Time,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        match unsafe {
+            xlib::XGrabKeyboard(
+                self.ptr, 
+                grab_window.wid, 
+                owner_events.into(), 
+                pointer_mode.into(), 
+                keyboard_mode.into(), 
+                time
+            )
+        } {
+            xlib::GrabSuccess => {
+                self.keyboard_grab = Some(Grabbables { 
+                    keyboard_mode, 
+                    pointer_mode 
+                });
+
+                Ok(())
+            },
+            xlib::AlreadyGrabbed => todo!(),
+            xlib::GrabInvalidTime => todo!(),
+            xlib::GrabNotViewable => todo!(),
+            xlib::GrabFrozen => todo!(),
+            _ => todo!()
+        }
+    }
 }
 
+
 impl Drop for Display {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         if unsafe { xlib::XCloseDisplay(self.ptr) } == BadGC.into() {
diff --git a/src/xwrap/error.rs b/src/xwrap/error.rs
index 7bfe885..615b15a 100644
--- a/src/xwrap/error.rs
+++ b/src/xwrap/error.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-use std::fmt;
+use std::{fmt, ops};
+
+use x11::xlib;
 
 /// Various errors to be used in this wrapper
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum XError {
     OpenDisplayError(String),
+    DisplayKeycodesError,
+    InvalidKeycodeError(xlib::KeyCode, ops::Range<i32>),
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for XError {
@@ -14,6 +18,8 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for XError {
             match self {
                 XError::OpenDisplayError(display_name) =>
                     format!("error when opening display '{}'", display_name),
+                XError::DisplayKeycodesError => String::from("error when running XDisplayKeycodes"),
+                XError::InvalidKeycodeError(code, range) => format!("keycode {} outside of range {:?}", code, range), 
             }
         )
     }
diff --git a/src/xwrap/mod.rs b/src/xwrap/mod.rs
index 2848c7e..3f520cb 100644
--- a/src/xwrap/mod.rs
+++ b/src/xwrap/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 pub mod display;
+pub mod screen;
+pub mod window;
 pub mod error;
+pub mod key;