Taskbar Dimensions

[SMcNeill]

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DH = _DesktopHeight: DW = _DesktopWidth

TBH = TaskbarHeight: TBW = TaskbarWidth

TH = TitleBarHeight: BW = BorderWidth

If TBH = DH Then TBH = 0 'Users taskbar is configured vertical, not hortizonal.

If TBW = DW Then TBW = 0





Screen _NewImage(DW, DH, 32)



Print "This screen is the size of your desktop, but it has some inherent issues."; _Width, _Height

Print

Print "Hit the <SPACE BAR> and watch as we position it in different manners:"

Sleep

_ScreenMove 0, 0

Print

Print "To start with, this is a _SCREENMOVE 0,0 call.  It places the TITLEBAR's top left corner at position 0,0."

Print "If you notice, the bottom of the screen is now hidden as the titlebar has shifted us down below the max resolution our screen will display."

Sleep

ScreenMove 0, 0

Print

Print "Now, this is a Steve Approved(tm) ScreenMove method to move the screen itself to position 0,0."

Print "Now, as you can tell (if your taskbar is set to hide itself), the program window now covers the screen perfectly."

Print "The only problem with this method is that we are now hiding the title bar over the top of the screen!"

Sleep





Screen _NewImage(DW - TBW, DH - TBH, 32)



If taskbar_bottom = TBH Then ScreenY = TBH Else ScreenY = 0

If taskbar_right = TBW Then ScreenX = TBW Else ScreenX = 0

ScreenMove ScreenX, ScreenY



Print

Print "To fix these issues, we use the functions here to figure out EXACTLY what size our screen needs to be."

Print

Print "Title Bar Height = "; TH

Print "Screen Border ="; BW; "on each side."

Print "Task Bar Height ="; TBH

Print "Task Bar Width ="; TBW

Print "Task Bar Top = "; taskbar_top

Print "Task Bar Left = "; taskbar_left

Print "Task Bar Bottom = "; taskbar_bottom

Print "Task Bar Right = "; taskbar_right

Print

Print "This is a screen perfectly sized to fit on your screen."; _Width, _Height

Print "See how it fits your visible screen perfectly?"

Print

Print "Note: If you have transparent borders, or if your theme has them set to opaque, it may appear to be a gap around your screen.  That transparent gap IS the screen border.  Set it a solid color and you can see it."

Print

Print "At this point, you should have your title bar up top.  You screen shouldn't cover, or be covered, by the task bar."

Print "Everything should be visible and accessable for you."

Print

Print "To my way of thinking, THIS is the maximum resolution that your screen should run in with a program.  "

Sleep



Screen _NewImage(DW - TBW - BW * 2, DH - TBH - TH - BW * 2, 32)



If taskbar_bottom = TBH Then ScreenY = TBH Else ScreenY = 0

If taskbar_right = TBW Then ScreenX = TBW Else ScreenX = 0

_ScreenMove ScreenX, ScreenY



Print "Or THIS height, if one wants to include the titlebar and boarder and use the whole screen, without covering the taskbar.)"

Print

Print "This is a screen perfectly sized to fit on your screen. (with Titlebar and Borders)"; _Width, _Height

Print "See how it fits your visible screen perfectly?"









Sub ScreenMove (x, y)

    Do Until _Width <> 0 And _ScreenExists <> 0: Loop

    _ScreenMove x - BorderWidth, y - BorderWidth - TitleBarHeight

End Sub



Sub ScreenMove_Middle

    Do Until _Width <> 0 And _ScreenExists <> 0: Loop

    _ScreenMove (_DesktopWidth - _Width - BorderWidth) / 2 + 1, (_DesktopHeight - _Height - BorderWidth) / 2 - TitleBarHeight + 1

End Sub



Function TaskbarHeight

    $If WIN Then

        Do Until _Width <> 0 And _ScreenExists <> 0: Loop

        $If TASKBARDEC = UNDEFINED Then

            $Let TASKBARDEC = TRUE

            Declare Library "taskbar"

                Function taskbar_height& ()

                Function taskbar_width& ()

                Function taskbar_top& ()

                Function taskbar_left& ()

                Function taskbar_bottom& ()

                Function taskbar_right& ()

            End Declare

        $End If 

        TaskbarHeight = taskbar_height&

    $Else

            TaskbarHeight = 0 'no function to get the value for Linux/Mac, so return 0 instead of an error

    $End If 

End Function



Function TaskbarWidth

    $If WIN Then

        Do Until _Width <> 0 And _ScreenExists <> 0: Loop

        $If TASKBARDEC = UNDEFINED Then

                $Let TASKBARDEC = TRUE



                Declare Library "taskbar"

                Function taskbar_height& ()

                Function taskbar_width& ()

                Function taskbar_top& ()

                Function taskbar_left& ()

                Function taskbar_bottom& ()

                Function taskbar_right& ()

                End Declare

        $End If 

        TaskbarWidth = taskbar_width&

    $Else

            TaskbarWidth = 0 'no function to get the value for Linux/Mac, so return 0 instead of an error

    $End If 

End Function





Function TitleBarHeight

    Do Until _Width <> 0 And _ScreenExists <> 0: Loop

    $If BORDERDEC = UNDEFINED Then

        $Let BORDERDEC = TRUE

        Declare Library

            Function glutGet& (ByVal what&)

        End Declare

    $End If 

    TitleBarHeight = glutGet(507)

End Function



Function BorderWidth

    Do Until _Width <> 0 And _ScreenExists <> 0: Loop

    $If BORDERDEC = UNDEFINED Then

            $Let BORDERDEC = TRUE

            Declare Library

            Function glutGet& (ByVal what&)

            End Declare

    $End If 

    BorderWidth = glutGet(506)

End Function

  taskbar.h (Size: 1.11 KB / Downloads: 58) <-- Required C-header file which needs to go in your QB64 folder for this to work properly.