True pixel count on Athena???

[keithwwalker]

In playing around with the Today screen background/wallpaper images, I have noticed that the Athena screen pixel count is actually larger than a true VGA screen.

The photos below show the screen on QVGA resolution with a background image sized on my pc to 640x480 pixels:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/keithwwalker/ScreenQVGA.jpg

Now here is the same image running under RealVGA mode:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/keithwwalker/kww.jpg

Note that since Real VGA is running, the Start and Calendar/Contacts bars on the top and bottom of the screen are thinner, and as a result, the background image tiles (starts over) on the bottom.

So the question is, what is the true pixel count of the Athena screen???

The image does not seem to tile horizontally, so I believe the width to be 640 pixels or less(?), but the height is definitely greater than 480 pixels.

Keith Walker

[keithwwalker]

Bump:
Another way to re-phrase the question, is there a way to find out how tall the Start bar at the top of the screen is in the registry?

Same goes for bottom of screen bar (Calendar/Contacts)

Thanks
Keith

[boinger66]

theoreticly you could try to take a screenshot and measure the pixels?

[Merlin_reloaded]

rather, it's the image. WM cuts off and/or shrinks background images before using them as the theme.

[raskell]

In Standard QVGA orientation, the top Start Bar may be 26 Pixels. I have the Batti-2.1 bar in the top of my screen that lets you set the number of pixels height for the battery bar. The square Start button is set to 26x26. If I set the battery bar height to 26, it covers the start bar completely. I haven't loaded Real VGA with this ROM yet but could do so for a test if you are interested.

[keithwwalker]

Thanks for the information.

I also got some answers on the newest Real VGA thread. FWIW, Tobias has the newest version and it is quite mature and it is worth a download:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327830

To sum up menu bar heights:
QVGA/192dpi : 52 pixels ht.
128 dpi: 34 pixels ht.
VGA/96dpi : 26 pixels ht.

(I don't know if those registry values are total height of both bars, or only one bar)

In registry:
You can find it in: HKLM\ControlPanel\SIP\MenuBarHeight WM5(?)
WM6: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\SIP\MenuBarHeight

And finally fwiw, I checked, the screenshots that I have in Corel Draw, and Merlin is correct, the image is actually compressed vertically assuming that you have 52 pixel ht. menu bars.

So if you have VGA 640x480 background and run Real VGA on the 96dpi setting, it squeezes the background to make space for the 52 pixel menu bars, but since your menu bars are only 26 pixels, it then tiles the image to make up for lost real estate!

Now if I could only find that shrinking feature in the registry and tame it!!!

I haven't loaded Real VGA with this ROM yet but could do so for a test if you are interested.