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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:02:37 +0100
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Andrew Poulos wrote:

> On 9/01/2012 10:15 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Andrew Poulos wrote:
>>> I've a basic page which, onload, returns the viewport size.
>>>
>>> When I run the page on a Samsung GS it returns 450 x 320.
>>>
>>> [no code, no URL]
> 
> I call this function:
> 
> function getViewPort(win) {
>    win = win || window;
>    if (typeof win.document.clientWidth == "number") {
>      return [win.document.clientWidth, win.document.clientHeight];
>    } else if (win.document.documentElement &&
>               win.document.documentElement.clientHeight) {
>      return [win.document.documentElement.clientWidth,
>              win.document.documentElement.clientHeight];
>    } else {
>      return [win.document.body.clientWidth,
>              win.document.body.clientHeight];
>    }
> }

Obviously, checking the *document*, the *document element* or the *document 
body* will _not_ yield the *viewport* dimensions.


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