Screen


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.

There is no public standard that applies to the 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.

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