Questions about screen and stack rectangle

[Pete]

Thanks Phil, I'll check it out.

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Phil Davis <revdev at pdslabs.net> wrote:

> Pete,
>
> Check out the windowBoundingRect - that might help.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
> On 1/28/12 1:15 PM, Pete wrote:
>
>> I'm in the midst of dealing with adjusting stack sizes to fit within the
>> user's screen resolution.  I guess I'm looking for confirmation of a few
>> things since I've made assumptions in the past that turned out to be
>> wrong!
>>
>> Starting with the screenRect.  Dictionary says the working screenRect
>> takes
>> account of screen decorations.  On a Mac, looks like that means the system
>> menu bar at the top of the screen (22 pixels).  It also mentions the dock,
>> but unless the dock is specified to be permanently visible it only allows
>> 4
>> pixels for it.  If the dock is always visible, then it does seem to take
>> that into account.
>>
>> Next I'm looking at the rectangle of a stack. Once again taking the
>> dictionary definition, it says a stack's rectangle is relative to the top
>> and left of the screen.  However, if I create a stack that is the full
>> height of the screen, with it's top aligned with the bottom of the Mac
>> system menu bar, the top of the stack  is reported to be 44, whereas the
>> working screenRect top is 22.  I'm concluding that the stack rectangle is
>> measured from the bottom of the stack decorations bar.
>>
>> Finally, I'm wondering how running on a Windows machine affects any of
>> this.  For example, Windows includes a menu bar at the top of each window
>> right underneath the decorations bar.  Is the width of that menu bar taken
>> into account in the stack's rectangle, in addition to the decorations bar?
>>
>> Thanks for any confirmation/enlightenment!
>>
>>
>>
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