# screenResolutionX/Y realtime refresh not supported?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screenresolutionx-y-realtime-refresh-not-supported/205319
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 28, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screenresolutionx-y-realtime-refresh-not-supported/205319 "2006-10-28T00:09:53Z")
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### Author: ![watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@watcher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/watcher)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screenresolutionx-y-realtime-refresh-not-supported/205319/1 "2006-10-28T00:09:53Z")

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Hi mates,

I have following issue: System.capabilities.screenResolutionX and System.capabilities.screenResolutionY doesnt seem to refresh realtime while the movie is playing and user changes the resolution of the desktop… Although this is somehow unprobable - that user will change resolution of the desktop while viewing websites - i would like to detect this user’s action and resize the website content accordingly.

Here is the code i use to check the change in desktop resolution:

```auto
var nScrResY:Number = System.capabilities.screenResolutionY;

// onChangeDesktopResolution can be an onEnterFrame function.. (comparing actual res. with initial res.)
var nIntResChange:Number = setInterval(scrResChange, 500);
function scrResChange():Void { 
    [COLOR=Red]**trace(**[/COLOR]System.capabilities.screenResolutionY[COLOR=Red]**)**;[/COLOR] // traces SAME number even if i change desktop resolution
    if(nScrResY != System.capabilities.screenResolutionY) {

       nScrResY = System.capabilities.screenResolutionY;
        
       // refresh other objects which depend on nScrResY
       holder.slider.refreshSlider();
    }
};

```

so as shown above, the trace statement outputs all the time the same resolution, no matter if the resolution of the desktop changes during the movie playback… Any ideas how i can detect change in desktop resolution realtime [not just when the movie starts]?

And if there are, they are apprecciated 😉