JavaScript Screen Object

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The screen object in JavaScript represents the current display screen in your browser. Here is the general form to access the screen object property:

screen.propertyname

JavaScript Screen Object Properties

The following table describes the properties of the Screen object in JavaScript.

Property	Description
availHeight	specifies the height of the screen, excluding the Windows Taskbar
availWidth	specifies the width of the screen, excluding the Windows Taskbar
colorDepth	specifies the depth of the color palette, in bits, to display images
height	specifies the total height of the screen
pixelDepth	specifies the color resolution, in bits per pixel, of the screen
width	specifies the total width of the screen

JavaScript Screen Object Example

Here is an example illustrates screen object in JavaScript:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
	<title>JavaScript Screen Object</title>
</head>
<body>

<h3>JavaScript Screen Object Example</h3>
<script type="text/javascript">
	document.writeln("<b>Total Height = </b>" + screen.height + "<br/>");
	document.writeln("<b>Total Weight = </b>" + screen.width + "<br/>");
	document.writeln("<b>Available Width = </b>" + screen.availWidth + "<br/>");
	document.writeln("<b>Available Height = </b>" + screen.availHeight + "<br/>");
	document.writeln("<b>Screen Color Depth = </b>" + screen.colorDepth + "<br/>");
	document.writeln("<b>Screen Pixel Depth = </b>" + screen.pixelDepth + "<br/>");
</script>	
	
</body>
</html>

Here is the sample output produced by the above screen object in JavaScript example:

JavaScript Online Test

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