You may want to use the “effective topLeft” though. Otherwise the title bar of the window could be off screen.
Thanks, Brian On Jan 10, 2019, 6:42 PM -0600, Knapp Martin via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > I will give those a spin - thanks Monte. > > Marty > > On Jan 10, 2019, at 4:39 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode > > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 11 Jan 2019, at 11:16 am, Knapp Martin via use-livecode > > > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > > I was merely using that as an example. In my app I too place a toolbar in > > > the topLeft corner of the screen by setting the topLeft of the stack to > > > 0,0. On a single screen setup it works fine. But I've just discovered > > > that on a multi-monitor setup as I've described, the toolbar isn’t even > > > visible it’s so far off. So in this case 0,0 is not the top left corner > > > of the main monitor. How so I arrive at that point? How do I determine > > > the actual middle of the screen? Since I don’t understand all the > > > dynamics of how these things are being determined I have not been able to > > > arrive at a work-around to place things where I’d like them on the screen. > > > > — set the topLeft of a stack to the topLeft of its screen below the menubar: > > set the topLeft of stack “Foo” to item 1 to 2 of line (the screen of stack > > “Foo”) of the effective working screenRects > > > > — set the topLeft of a stack to the topLeft of the main screen below the > > menubar > > set the topLeft of stack “Foo” to item 1 to 2 of the effective working > > screenRect > > > > — set the loc of a stack to the center of its screen > > local tLoc, tRect > > put line (the screen of stack “Foo”) of the screenRects into tRect > > put item 1 of tRect + (item 3 of tRect - item 1 of tRect) div 2, \ > > item 2 of tRect + (item 4 of tRect - item 2 of tRect) div 2 into tLoc > > set the loc of stack “Foo” to tLoc > > > > — set the loc of a stack to the center of the main screen > > set the loc of stack “Foo” to the screenLoc > > > > Hope these help! FWIW these should remain correct even if the general > > consensus is that the desktop space should have an 0,0 origin for the main > > screen. > > > > Cheers > > > > Monte > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
