How do you get the screen width in java?

Question

Does anyone know how you would get the screen width in java? I read something about some toolkit method but I\'m not quite sure what that is.

Thanks, Andrew

Answer 1

The following code should do it (haven't tried it):

GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
GraphicsDevice gd = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();
gd.getDefaultConfiguration().getBounds().getWidth();

edit:

For multiple monitors you should use the following code (taken from the javadoc of java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration:

  Rectangle virtualBounds = new Rectangle();
  GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.
          getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
  GraphicsDevice[] gs =
          ge.getScreenDevices();
  for (int j = 0; j < gs.length; j++) { 
      GraphicsDevice gd = gs[j];
      GraphicsConfiguration[] gc =
          gd.getConfigurations();
      for (int i=0; i < gc.length; i++) {
          virtualBounds =
              virtualBounds.union(gc[i].getBounds());
      }
  }