C#: Get complete desktop size?

Question

How do I find out the size of the entire desktop? Not the \"working area\" and not the \"screen resolution\", both of which refer to only o

Answer 1

Check:

SystemInformation.VirtualScreen.Width
SystemInformation.VirtualScreen.Height

Answer 2

Get the Size of a virtual display without any dependencies

public enum SystemMetric
{
    VirtualScreenWidth = 78, // CXVIRTUALSCREEN 0x0000004E 
    VirtualScreenHeight = 79, // CYVIRTUALSCREEN 0x0000004F 
}

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int GetSystemMetrics(SystemMetric metric);

public static Size GetVirtualDisplaySize()
{
    var width = GetSystemMetrics(SystemMetric.VirtualScreenWidth);
    var height = GetSystemMetrics(SystemMetric.VirtualScreenHeight);

    return new Size(width, height);
}

Answer 3

I think it's time to bring this answer up to date with a little LINQ, which makes it easy to get the entire desktop size with a single expression.

Console.WriteLine(
    Screen.AllScreens.Select(screen=>screen.Bounds)
    .Aggregate(Rectangle.Union)
    .Size
);

My original answer follows:

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I guess what you want is something like this:

int minx, miny, maxx, maxy;
minx = miny = int.MaxValue;
maxx = maxy = int.MinValue;

foreach(Screen screen in Screen.AllScreens){
    var bounds = screen.Bounds;
    minx = Math.Min(minx, bounds.X);
    miny = Math.Min(miny, bounds.Y);
    maxx = Math.Max(maxx, bounds.Right);
    maxy = Math.Max(maxy, bounds.Bottom);
}

Console.WriteLine("(width, height) = ({0}, {1})", maxx - minx, maxy - miny);

Keep in mind that this doesn't tell the whole story. It is possible for multiple monitors to be staggered, or arranged in a nonrectangular shape. Therefore, it may be that not all of the space between (minx, miny) and (maxx, maxy) is visible.

EDIT:

I just realized that the code could be a bit simpler using Rectangle.Union:

Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(int.MaxValue, int.MaxValue, int.MinValue, int.MinValue);

foreach(Screen screen in Screen.AllScreens)
    rect = Rectangle.Union(rect, screen.Bounds);

Console.WriteLine("(width, height) = ({0}, {1})", rect.Width, rect.Height);