Screen Resolution with Applescript

[rowoflo]

How do I get the current screen resolution using applescript or the terminal?

[Martin Michel]

Hi rowoflo,

You can get the screen resolution using code as follows:

set command to "/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep Resolution"
set output to words of (do shell script command)
set {dspwidth, dspheight} to {item 2, item 4} of output

Best regards from Germany!

[rowoflo]

Hey Martin,

The /usr/sbin/system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType didn't work for me, I got file not found. But I did a little research and found that command has been replaced by system_profiler command. I used that and the rest of the code you posted and it worked out perfectly. Thanks for the help.

After looking at your reply I have a new question. How did you put the code part of your reply in separate little window? I am very new to forums, actually my original question was the very first time I had ever posted to a forum.

Thanks from Boston!

[Martin Michel]

Originally Posted by rowoflo

After looking at your reply I have a new question. How did you put the code part of your reply in separate little window? I am very new to forums, actually my original question was the very first time I had ever posted to a forum.

Just surround your code with these tags: <code>code goes here</code>. You will have to replace the '<' and '>' characters with '[' and ']'. Or just hit the # icon in the message editor :-)

[rowoflo]

Let's give it a try.

some code

[rowoflo]

Awesome! Thanks again.