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JAVA/Linux screen-dimension difficulty Mark Gilmore Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:04:07 -0700

Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:04:07 -0700

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Can anyone tell me why *all"* these calls return 1024/768,
though my display res is set for 800x600 ?:

         Dimension screen_dim;
         screen_dim = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
         print("dim=" + screen_dim);     // Note that this returns 800x600 
in Windows

         GraphicsEnvironment ge = null;
         ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
         GraphicsDevice gd = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();

         DisplayMode dm = gd.getDisplayMode();
         print("h=" + dm.getHeight());
         print("w=" + dm.getWidth());

         GraphicsConfiguration gc = gd.getDefaultConfiguration();
         print("bounds=" + gc.getBounds());

Also (related), is there a way to get the dimensions of the "usable" screen 
area
(i.e. that above the Linux taskbar area) ?

Thanks,

Mark Gilmore
http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com 

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