electron/docs/api/screen.md

screen

Retrieve information about screen size, displays, cursor position, etc.

You cannot require or use this module until the ready event of the app module is emitted.

screen is an EventEmitter.

Note: In the renderer / DevTools, window.screen is a reserved DOM property, so writing let {screen} = require('electron') will not work.

An example of creating a window that fills the whole screen:

const electron = require('electron')
const {app, BrowserWindow} = electron

let win

app.on('ready', () => {
  const {width, height} = electron.screen.getPrimaryDisplay().workAreaSize
  win = new BrowserWindow({width, height})
  win.loadURL('https://github.com')
})

Another example of creating a window in the external display:

const electron = require('electron')
const {app, BrowserWindow} = require('electron')

let win

app.on('ready', () => {
  let displays = electron.screen.getAllDisplays()
  let externalDisplay = displays.find((display) => {
    return display.bounds.x !== 0 || display.bounds.y !== 0
  })

  if (externalDisplay) {
    win = new BrowserWindow({
      x: externalDisplay.bounds.x + 50,
      y: externalDisplay.bounds.y + 50
    })
    win.loadURL('https://github.com')
  }
})

Events

The screen module emits the following events:

Event: 'display-added'

Returns:

• event Event
• newDisplay Display

Emitted when newDisplay has been added.

Event: 'display-removed'

Returns:

• event Event
• oldDisplay Display

Emitted when oldDisplay has been removed.

Event: 'display-metrics-changed'

Returns:

• event Event
• display Display
• changedMetrics String[]

Emitted when one or more metrics change in a display. The changedMetrics is an array of strings that describe the changes. Possible changes are bounds, workArea, scaleFactor and rotation.

Methods

The screen module has the following methods:

screen.getCursorScreenPoint()

Returns Object:

• x Integer
• y Integer

The current absolute position of the mouse pointer.

screen.getPrimaryDisplay()

Returns Display - The primary display.

screen.getAllDisplays()

Returns Display[] - An array of displays that are currently available.

screen.getDisplayNearestPoint(point)

• point Object
  • x Integer
  • y Integer

Returns Display - The display nearest the specified point.

screen.getDisplayMatching(rect)

• rect Rectangle

Returns Display - The display that most closely intersects the provided bounds.