_DESKTOPWIDTH - QB64Official/qb64 GitHub Wiki

The _DESKTOPWIDTH function returns the width of the users current desktop.

Syntax

x& = _DESKTOPWIDTH

Description

• No parameters are needed for this function.
• This returns the width of the user's desktop, not the size of any screen or window which might be open on that desktop.

Availability

• Version 1.000 and up.

Example(s)

s& = _NEWIMAGE(800, 600, 256)
SCREEN s&
PRINT _DESKTOPWIDTH, _DESKTOPHEIGHT
PRINT _WIDTH, _HEIGHT

Explanation: This will print the size of the user desktop (for example 1920, 1080 for a standard hdmi monitor), and then the size of the current SCREEN (800, 600).

See Also

• _HEIGHT, _DESKTOPHEIGHT
• _WIDTH, _SCREENIMAGE