Opening a new browser page on the second monitor
Solution 1
I don't think you'll be able to directly detect a dual monitor setup, but you can probably make a good guess by looking at their screen resolution, using javascript's screen.width and screen.height. If the ratio of the width to the height is 8:3, its a good chance they have 2 standard 4:3 monitors side by side. You can do a similar calculation for 16:9 or 16:10.
Solution 2
Using maxpower47's suggestion about resolution, the only way to display the page on the other monitor would be to open a popup, and use the options to set the top, right, width and height properties so the window will appear on the second monitor in a decent size.
Here is a link that describes how to do this: http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol4/javascript_no7.htm
Comments
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Wim ten Brink almost 2 years
Well, simple situation. Is it possible to detect if a user has a dual monitor setup from a web application? If this is possible, is it possible to open a child browser page on this second monitor, so the new window doesn't overlap the old one?
Reason why I ask: I'm working on a web application and at home I have a dual-monitor system. When I go to the administration part of this site, I want it to open in a new browser, preferably on the other desktop. Of course, I could just click, then drag the new window, but doing this automatically seems more fun. :-)
Don't think JavaScript has the proper functions for this. How about Java itself?
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Marcel about 13 yearsOn Windows 7 using Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer, only the dimensions of the monitor the browser is active in are detected so this wouldn't work.
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Ashraf Sabry over 11 yearsDid anyone try this solution? Is it known to work on different browsers?
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Luca Detomi over 9 yearsAny chance to detect also the second monitor resolution, in order to use maxpower47's idea?
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David R Tribble about 9 yearsFirefox (v38) only allows
window.open()
to open a new window in the main monitor, ignoringtop
andleft
settings that exceed the monitor resolution. Also, subsequent calls towindow.moveTo()
will not reposition the window outside the main monitor. -
Doc Davluz about 7 yearsBecause the aforementioned link is dead, here is the code taken from the Wayback Machine:
window.open(<url>, 'nextWin', 'right=0, top=20, width=350, height=350, toolbar=yes, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes')
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