screen Object

Contains information about the client's screen and rendering capabilities.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the screen object. Click a tab on the left to choose the type of member you want to view.

Attributes/Properties

Property Description

availHeight	Retrieves the height of the working area of the system's screen, excluding the Microsoft® Windows® taskbar.
availWidth	Retrieves the width of the working area of the system's screen, excluding the Windows taskbar.
bufferDepth	Sets or retrieves the number of bits per pixel used for colors in the off-screen bitmap buffer.
colorDepth	Retrieves the number of bits per pixel used for colors on the destination device or buffer.
deviceXDPI	Retrieves the actual number of horizontal dots per inch (DPI) of the system's screen.
deviceYDPI	Retrieves the actual number of vertical dots per inch (DPI) of the system's screen.
fontSmoothingEnabled	Retrieves whether the user has enabled font smoothing in the Display control panel.
height	Retrieves the vertical resolution of the screen.
logicalXDPI	Retrieves the normal number of horizontal dots per inch (DPI) of the system's screen.
logicalYDPI	Retrieves the normal number of vertical dots per inch (DPI) of the system's screen.
updateInterval	Sets or retrieves the update interval for the screen.
width	Retrieves the horizontal resolution of the screen.

Remarks

This object is available in script as of Internet Explorer 4.0.

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this object.

Applies To

Platform Version

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