Best way to determine user's screensize?

[Igor Korot]

Hi,

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 6:59 PM Peter J. Holzer <hjp-python at hjp.at> wrote:
>
> On 2020-10-31 10:02:12 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 9:55 AM flaskee via Python-list
> > <python-list at python.org> wrote:
> > > I have done all of this resizing and layout stuff before.
> > >
> > > I just ignored the grouchy user with the hate over me wanting screensize.
> > > (every list has one of those types, eh? :-)
> > >
> > > Screensize, in part, determines the aspect ratio calcs to dynamically
> > > resize and place the components on the screen.
> > >
> >
> > So what would you do if it turns out that my screen is 5440 x 2104?
> > That's what mine is right now.
>
> That depends on the application.
>
> If for example the application is in image viewer and the image to be
> viewed is 4576x3432 pixels large, that wouldn't fit on the screen.
> Assuming 200 pixels of vertical chrome (title bar, window borders, menu
> bar and/or buttons), the image would have to be resized to (at most)
> 2539x1904 pixels. So the window would be sized to accommodate that.
>
> (If you use a multi-screen setup, the calculation should be based on
> the current screen, of course, not on the combined size of all screens)
>
>
> > I add my voice to those who detest applications that think they know
> > best and decide that they own the entire screen.
>
> So, assuming the user is invoking the application for the first time,
> how should an application determine how much of the screen it should
> use? It has to make some choice, and any hard-coded value is almost
> certainly wrong. So why should an application not use the screen size as
> one factor?

It is not up to application.
It is up to the underlying layout system to decide.

Thank you.

>
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