DisplayWidth

[kaalidor]

is there a way to know DisplayWidth ?

regards,
pascal

[turbov21]

Only with JavaScript: www.javascripter.net/faq/browserw.htm

[kaalidor]

thank's turbov21

Carl, can you add this instruction to the wishlist ?

[carlgundel]

kaalidor said:

thank's turbov21

Carl, can you add this instruction to the wishlist ?

Hmm. Convince me. Why does it need to be built in? Web pages usually deal with resizing by using CSS, or else they assume a certain minimum resolution.

-Carl

[rod]

If we wanted to stay "native" and pen a graphic response that suited the client browser, the client "area" would be good to know.

[carlgundel]

rod said:

If we wanted to stay "native" and pen a graphic response that suited the client browser, the client "area" would be good to know.

Yes, but I have to balance how and when exactly to inject this javascript code into Run BASIC's HTML. I'm not going to rush into this sort of a feature. Perhaps it doesn't fit as a built-in capability. We'll see.

-Carl

[kaalidor]

with wide screen we can see resolutions from 800 to 1600 pixels and it will be good to know screen resolution to adapt the program !

here is an exemple of 800 width website resolution on 1600 pixels user screen resolution.

[Jerry Muelver]

Why would you want that site displayed at 1600px anyway? It would look like a billboard.

Page display in browsers can be handled already by CSS. Just use percents instead of pixels for WIDTH and HEIGHT measurement if you'd like your pages to fill your visitors' browser window, regardless of the visitor's chosen size.

Here's a useful discussion on this topic from about 10 years ago....
allmyfaqs.net/faq.pl?AnySizeDesign

[carlgundel]

jerrymuelver said:

Why would you want that site displayed at 1600px anyway? It would look like a billboard.

Page display in browsers can be handled already by CSS. Just use percents instead of pixels for WIDTH and HEIGHT measurement if you'd like your pages to fill your visitors' browser window, regardless of the visitor's chosen size.

I am inclined to agree with Jerry about this.

-Carl

[rod]

Ok its this BASIC to Run BASIC hurdle again. CSS seems compulsory I need to read Jerrys links. I also need to learn CSS. ;D

[carlgundel]

rod said:

Ok its this BASIC to Run BASIC hurdle again. CSS seems compulsory I need to read Jerrys links. I also need to learn CSS. ;D

This is a tool for creating web apps. CSS is what people should use for that.

-Carl

[kaalidor]

what i want to say is addind the capability to adapt the content to the screen size :

for exemple 3 items for a 800 pixels large screen :


using percent and CSS the result will be :




and what i want to do is put 7 item for a 1600 pixels...



if i remember, css dont do that !
this is the reason i ask for display width instruction...

regards,
pascal

[Jerry Muelver]

Use a fixed width for the page, let the user's browser show a horizontal scrollbar if the browser window is narrower than the page. Otherwise you are presenting different content to different users. For instance, the narrow-view user will think she has only six bottles to choose from , because that's all she sees, whereas the wide-view user can choose from 14 bottles. That doesn't seem fair, somehow. It's certainly not good marketing.

The flaw here is not in the capabilities of the delivery system, or in the browser, or in the user's computer limitations. It's in the page-designer's mind. See allmyfaqs.net/faq.pl?Fix_the_wrong_problem for more information.

[carlgundel]

jerrymuelver said:

Use a fixed width for the page, let the user's browser show a horizontal scrollbar if the browser window is narrower than the page. Otherwise you are presenting different content to different users. For instance, the narrow-view user will think she has only six bottles to choose from , because that's all she sees, whereas the wide-view user can choose from 14 bottles. That doesn't seem fair, somehow. It's certainly not good marketing.

The flaw here is not in the capabilities of the delivery system, or in the browser, or in the user's computer limitations. It's in the page-designer's mind. See allmyfaqs.net/faq.pl?Fix_the_wrong_problem for more information.

Isn't it also possible with CSS to have the items wrap so that there is a vertical scroll bar? Then as the browser is made wider or narrower the number of items displayed changes dynamically based on the width.

-Carl

[Janet]

I think you're looking for Float: Left

    CSSID #maincontainer, "{
        Width:80%;
        Background-Color:#FFFFCC;
        Margin: 20px Auto;
        }"
    CSSID #frogbox, "{
        Width: 100px;
        Height: 120px;
        Padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;
        Text-Align: Center;
        Float: Left;
        }"

    Cls
    Div maincontainer
        For i = 1 to 20
            Div frogbox
                Html "<img src='http://runbasic.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/FrogGIF.gif'>"
                Print: Print "Frog #";Right$("0";i, 2)
            End Div
        Next i
    End Div

    Wait