As far as height, on desktop you might want to keep in mind the fixed elements of the window like the titlebar height which is different on Mac and Windows. Also menus at the top of the screen on Mac, and as part of the window on Windows. And then there’s the dock on Mac which may be at the bottom, and the taskbar in Windows which is definitely at the bottom. The dock and the taskbar can be hidden by Livecode.
To maximize height, I use a 1024 x 728 window that automatically scales down on open when the screen is too small and also have an option for the user to scale to the full height available. The current screen pixel size is available in Livecode. Peter Bogdanoff > On Dec 2, 2021, at 10:30 AM, David V Glasgow via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Thanks for more thoughts guys. I do have a scale factor button, but don’t > want to stretch, so I use ‘letterbox' > > The cinematography web page inspired me to experiment more freely and I found > that 3:2 seems to be a good compromise despite not matching any screen > ’standard'. It scales on screens pretty well, and fits reasonably well > printed onto a landscape A4 page, which is about 2.82:2 > > It is matches the aspect ratio of DSLR sensors and classic 35mm film, which > to my eye at least, looks lovely. Perhaps because it is very close to the > ‘golden rectangle’ (3:1.85). That could just be me being a bit bonkers, but > it would be interesting to know if there is more widely felt appreciation of > certain aspect ratios. > > So for now I am going with 1200x800 > > Cheers, & thanks again > > David G > >> On 2 Dec 2021, at 3:41 pm, Paul McClernan via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Alternatively you could add a magnification control that sets the stack’s >> scaleFactor properly, or sets the stack to fullscreen mode and stretches it >> to fit with fullScreenMode “exact fit”. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
