Screen
The Screen
interface represents a screen, usually the one on which the current window is being rendered, and is obtained using window.screen
.
Note that browsers determine which screen to report as current by detecting which screen has the center of the browser window.
Instance properties
Also inherits properties from its parent EventTarget
.
Screen.availTop
Non-standard-
Specifies the y-coordinate of the first pixel that is not allocated to permanent or semipermanent user interface features.
Screen.availLeft
Non-standard-
Returns the first available pixel available from the left side of the screen.
Screen.availHeight
-
Specifies the height of the screen, in pixels, minus permanent or semipermanent user interface features displayed by the operating system, such as the Taskbar on Windows.
Screen.availWidth
-
Returns the amount of horizontal space in pixels available to the window.
Screen.colorDepth
-
Returns the color depth of the screen.
Screen.height
-
Returns the height of the screen in pixels.
Screen.left
Non-standard-
Returns the distance in pixels from the left side of the main screen to the left side of the current screen.
Screen.orientation
-
Returns the
ScreenOrientation
instance associated with this screen. Screen.pixelDepth
-
Gets the bit depth of the screen.
Screen.top
Deprecated Non-standard-
Returns the distance in pixels from the top side of the current screen.
Screen.width
-
Returns the width of the screen.
Screen.mozEnabled
Non-standard Deprecated-
Boolean. Setting to false will turn off the device's screen.
Screen.mozBrightness
Non-standard Deprecated-
Controls the brightness of a device's screen. A double between 0 and 1.0 is expected.
Instance methods
Also inherits methods from its parent EventTarget
.
Screen.lockOrientation
Deprecated-
Lock the screen orientation (only works in fullscreen or for installed apps)
Screen.unlockOrientation
Deprecated-
Unlock the screen orientation (only works in fullscreen or for installed apps)
Events
orientationchange
Deprecated Non-standard-
Fires when the screen orientation changes.
Example
js
if (screen.pixelDepth < 8) {
// use low-color version of page
} else {
// use regular, colorful page
}
Specifications
Specification |
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CSSOM View Module # the-screen-interface |
Browser compatibility
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