Screen area vs Work area rectangle

Question

Have a look at this API documentation page...

Can anyone explain to me the difference between the rcMonitor and rcWork components of the MONITORINFO structure? Although I'm happy with the idea that a window has areas you can't work with (like the caption for instance), I don't really see how this applies to monitors...

All contributions gratefully received...

Martin

jasper · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-22T17:05:56.427

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rcMonitor is the total resolution of the display

rcWork is the max area you can use,eg if you ~~went fullscreen~~ maximized a window

The work area is the portion of the screen not obscured by the system taskbar or by application desktop toolbars.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724947 - SPI_GETWORKAREA

edited Sep 22 '14 at 17:05

answered Oct 28 '10 at 09:24

jasper

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Thanks for that - spot on answer that's solved the problem I'm looking at. – Martin Milan Oct 28 '10 at 09:56
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No, if you go _fullscreen_, you fill the rcMonitor RECT. If you _maximize_ a window, you fill the rcWork RECT. – d7samurai Sep 22 '14 at 16:36
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@d7samurai yea you're correct. Thanks for rectifying – jasper Sep 22 '14 at 17:06

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