BOM Screen(JavaScript Window Screen)

The window.screen object contains information about the user's screen like width, height, pixels etc.

Window Screen

The window.screen object can be written without the window prefix.

Properties:

Window Screen Width

The screen.width returns the width of the user’s screen in pixels.

Example :-

Result :-

Your Screen Width: 1366

Window Screen Height

The screen.height property returns the height of the user’s screen in pixels.

Example :-

Result :-

Your Screen Height: 768

Window Screen Available Width

The screen.availWidth property returns the width of the user’s screen, in pixels, minus interface features like the Windows Taskbar.

Example :-

Result :-

Your Available Screen Width: 1366

Window Screen Available Height

The screen.availHeight property returns the height of the user’s screen, in pixels, minus interface features like the Windows Taskbar.

Example :-

Result :-

Your Available Screen Height: 728

Window Screen Color Depth

The screen.colorDepth property returns the number of bits used to display one color.

All modern computers use 24 bit or 32 bit hardware for color resolution:

24 bits =      16,777,216 different "True Colors"

32 bits = 4,294,967,296 different "Deep Colors"

Older computers generally used 16 bits: 65,536 different "High Colors" resolution.

Very old computers, and old cell phones used 8 bits: 256 different "VGA colors".

Example :-

Result :-

Your Screen Color Depth: 24

Note:- The #rrggbb (rgb) values used in HTML represents "True Colors" (16,777,216 different colors).

Window Screen Pixel Depth

The screen.pixelDepth property returns the pixel depth of the user’s screen.

Example :-

Result :-

Your Screen Pixel Depth: 24

Note:- For modern computers, Color Depth and Pixel Depth are equal.