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How to get the screen width?

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Mr M.
Mr M. on 12 Nov 2015
Commented: Jan on 13 Nov 2015
Is it possible to set outer position of a figure in normalized units (for example to be equal to 1), than get the width in other units (which has to be the screen width)?

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Stalin Samuel
Stalin Samuel on 12 Nov 2015

Jan
Jan on 12 Nov 2015
Edited: Jan on 13 Nov 2015
Yes, simply try it:
FigH = figure('Units', 'normalized', 'Position', [0,0,1,1]);
drawnow; % Not sure if this is required
set(FigH, 'Units', 'inches');
inchPos = get(FigH, 'Position');
Note that the resolution of the screen matters for the result and this value is defined by the operating system. It could fail on Apple's Retina displays or Windows7 laptops with a userdefined scaling factor, most of all if the computer is connected to a projector.
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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 12 Nov 2015
Edited: Stephen23 on 12 Nov 2015
Beamer -> Projector
"Beamer" is one of the cute words that Germans think is English but isn't really, just like "Handy" and "Oldtimer".
Jan
Jan on 13 Nov 2015
@Stephen: Thanks, it's fixed now. I did neither talk about BMW motor cycles not about cricket.
I took the chance to improve my English by recognizing, that these terms are German: Drive-in, Pullover, Mobbing, Smoking, Streetworker, Basecap, Discounter, No-Go, Public Viewing.
Astonishing.

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