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Re: get current display resolution
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Re: get current display resolution


  • Subject: Re: get current display resolution
  • From: Charles Arthur <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 15:21:37 +0100

On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 12:07:15 +1000, Shane Stanley
<email@hidden> wrote:

>Do you want the resolution or the size in pixels? If the latter, you can
>use:
>
>tell application "Finder"
> bounds of desktop
>end tell
>
>but not in OS X.

Not in my OS9 (9.0.4) either. I get error - can't get bounds of desktop.
The Finder dictionary does however offer "content spaces", which gives open
windows.

So
-- tested
tell application "Finder"
activate
bounds of content spaces
end tell
--
--> {{0, 20, 1024, 768}, {0, 774, 484, 991}, {0, 774, 726, 1461}, {181,
774, 730, 1368}} because I have quite a few windows open.

With other apps hidden, Finder windows closed.. you still get that. It's
telling you what windows are open (even if hidden) in other apps.

I just tested it on 640x480 and it does correctly give {{0,20, 640,480}....}

So it's the third & fourth items of the first item of the list. Phew. Left
as an exercise for the reader.

Charles

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