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Re: Screen Size Question

At 10:50 AM -0600 11/16/2002, Robert Westlund wrote:
What is the proper (cross-platform safe) way to get the *available* screen size for a full-screen window?

The toolkit getScreenSize() method returns the full screen resolution on OS X, whereas the actual available height for a full-screen frame is about 22 pixels less than that, due to the menubar. Do I need to make a JDirect or JNI call if my app is running on a Mac, or is there a simple Java method or system property I can use?

Keep in mind that the available height should also exclude the Dock if the Dock is positioned on the bottom of the screen (as it is by default). I'm not aware of any way to get the appropriate information from standard JDK APIs. The Carbon GetAvailableWindowPositioningBounds() API provides the dimensions you're looking for, but it isn't clear from recent comments from Apple if you'll be able to call this in future releases of Java on Mac OS X.

-Eric

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