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--- token:Screen [2015/07/15 09:57] – peternlewis
+++ token:Screen [2026/10/02 06:30] (current) – clarification peternlewis
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-The //%Screen%// and //%ScreenVisible%// tokens return the frame or visible frame of the specified screen.  It takes a parameter indicating which screen to use.
+The //[[token:Screen|%Screen%]]// tokens returns the frame of the specified screen.
-The parameter may be:
+The //[[token:ScreenVisible|%ScreenVisible%]]// tokens returns the visible frame of the specified screen, excluding the menu bar and the dock.
-* Main or 0: the main screen (the defined one with the menu bar on it, although this is less apparent now that the menu bar is on all monitors).
+Both take a parameter indicating which screen to use which may be:
-* Second: the left most screen that is not the Main screen.
-* Third: the left most screen that is not the Main or Second screen.
+{{page>include:ScreenIndex#}}
-* Internal: the left most internal screen.
-* External: the left most external screen.
-* Front: the left most screen containing (most of) the front window.
-* Back: the left most screen that is not the Front screen.
-* Back2: the left most screen that is not the Front or Back screen.
-* Mouse: the  left most screen containing the mouse cursor.
-* Positive Number: the indexed screen from left to right.
-* Negative Number: the indexed screen from right to left.
 So for example, //%ScreenVisible%Main%// gives the visible frame of the main screen.
-Like all coordinates in Keyboard Maestro, the frames are from the top left corner of the main screen.
+Like all frames in Keyboard Maestro, they are of the form left, top, width, and height, and are from the top left corner of the main screen.
+===== See Also =====
+==== Functions ====
+* [[function:SCREEN|SCREEN()]]
+* [[function:SCREENVISIBLE|SCREENVISIBLE()]]
+* [[:Functions|See all Functions]]
+=== Tokens ===
+* [[:Tokens|See all Tokens]]
+==== Forum ====
+- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/search?q=Screen|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Screen]]