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screenRect
the screenRect
rectangle equal to the dimensions of the screen in pixels If there's more than one monitor,
the screenRect returns the dimensions of the monitor displaying the current stack as offsets from the top-left corner of the screen that contains the menu bar. If the card window appears on more than one monitor,
the screenRect returns the dimensions of the screen that shows the most area from the card window. Examples
get the screenRect
if the mouseLoc is not within it then ...
if the screenRect = "0,0,512,342" then ... -- SE size monitor
Demo Script
on screenRectDemo
get the screenRect
put "The dimensions of the monitor displaying this stack are:" &¬
return & return & "Width:" && (item 3 of it - item 1 of it) &¬
return & "Height:" && (item 4 of it - item 2 of it) into sayIt
answer sayIt
end screenRectDemo
Placeholders
rectangleAn expression that evaluates to a rectangle, in the form of four integers separated by commas (and, in AppleScript, enclosed in brackets).
Items 1 and 2 of a rectangle specify the left and top coordinates; items 3 and 4 specify the right and bottom coordinates (in pixels). For example:
0,0,200,250
the rect of card window
"30,30," & "240,240"
{ 10, 35, 250, 300 } --AppleScript formRelated Topics
Functions
screenRect
