# `osd`

```strand
element osd: surface
```

An on-screen display: on the focused monitor, in the overlay layer and
click-through; with `screens: all` (or names) on each of those, with
`screen` in scope.

It is a surface, written at the top level of a file.

Also every prop and event of [`surface`](/reference/elements/surface.html.md).

| In scope | Type | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `screen` | `Screen` | With `screens:` other than `focused`: the monitor this instance is on. |