How to get screen size and resolution

[daryl]

Hi Folks,

I am trying to figure out if there is any way to determine the screen size and resolution. I have been looking through the documentation but have not been able to find any details on this. I have had a look at the platform, environment, processor, machine and systemVersion functions, and am wondering if there might be others I've missed that might be useful for determining the screen size. I want to write an application that will scale from smartphones to the desktop.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Daryl

[mwieder]

Try the screenrect.

[daryl]

Hi MWieder, that is just what I was looking for.

Regards,

Daryl

[richmond62]

That only gives you the resolution: it does NOT give you the physical screen size.

[Klaus]

Come on, Richmond, 13 years later?

[dunbarx]

Richmond.

13 years or not, I think the OP actually wanted what Mark suggested. After all, the physical dimensions of one's screen can only be found with a ruler, or by reading the manual that comes with the device, and that likely does not mean anything.

Craig

[richmond62]

I have a 27 inch iMac that I can 'dial down' to an 800 * 600 screen resolution, and I can do the same with my cathode ray tube G3 iMac . . .

So, while LC can tell me that my screenRect is 800 * 600 on both of those machines, it cannot tell me that that looks reasonable on the G3 and like a bloated haggis on the 27 inch monster.

Of course if LC could determine the maximum screen resolution of a particular display that would be jolly useful.

[dunbarx]

Richmond.

But it was never actually screen "size" that was in play. It was resolution, and I suppose if you were porting to an 85" TV at 800x600 each pixel would be about the size of a pignoli. No problem, just view the screen from 20 meters.

Craig

[richmond62]

Let's throw in Windows pixel scaling just to stir the discussion up a bit more.