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This is the window.screen object.
<script>// <![CDATA[
document.writeln(screen + "<br />");
for (x in screen) {
document.writeln("<b>" + x + " :</b> " + screen[x] + "<br />");
}
// ]]></script>
[object Screen]
The screen object contains information about the user’s screen.
screen object, but all major browsers support it.
June 15, 2016: The screen object is currently being defined in the “CSSOM View Module” editor’s draft.
Properties
screen.availHeight
| Property | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| availHeight | long |
Read only. The availHeight attribute must return the available height of the rendering surface of the output device, in CSS pixels.
Returns the height of the screen (excluding the Windows Taskbar).
screen.availLeft
| Property | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| availLeft |
screen.availTop
| Property | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| availTop |
screen.availWidth
| Property | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| availWidth | long |
Read only. The availWidth attribute must return the available width of the rendering surface of the output device, in CSS pixels.
Returns the width of the screen (excluding the Windows Taskbar).
screen.colorDepth
| Property | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| colorDepth | unsigned long |
Read only. The colorDepth attribute must return 24. The colorDepth attribute is useless but is included for compatibility.
Returns the bit depth of the color palette for displaying images.
screen.height
| Property | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| height | long |
Read only. The height attribute must return the height of the output device, in CSS pixels.
Returns the total height of the screen.
screen.left
| Property | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| left |
screen.mozOrientation
| Property | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| mozOrientation |
screen.pixelDepth
| Property | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| pixelDepth | unsigned long |
Read only. The pixelDepth attribute must return 24. The pixelDepth attribute is useless but is included for compatibility.
Returns the color resolution (in bits per pixel) of the screen.
screen.top
| Property | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| top |
screen.width
| Property | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| width | long |
Read only. The width attribute must return the width of the output device, in CSS pixels.
Returns the total width of the screen.
Methods
screen.addEventListener()
addEventListener: function addEventListener() { [native code] }
screen.dispatchEvent()
dispatchEvent: function dispatchEvent() { [native code] }
screen.mozLockOrientation()
mozLockOrientation: function mozLockOrientation() { [native code] }
screen.mozUnlockOrientation()
mozUnlockOrientation: function mozUnlockOrientation() { [native code] }
screen.removeEventListener()
removeEventListener: function removeEventListener() { [native code] }
Events
screen.onmozorientationchange
onmozorientationchange: null
Objects
orientation: [object ScreenOrientation]
screen.orientation
<script>// <![CDATA[
document.writeln(screen.orientation + "<br />");
for (x in screen.orientation) {
document.writeln("<b>" + x + " :</b> " + screen.orientation[x] + "<br />");
}
// ]]></script>
References
Mozilla Contributors. “Screen”. Mozilla Developer Network. July 29, 2015.
Pieters, Simon, ed. “CSSOM View Module”. Editor’s Draft. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). June 15, 2016.