The one time that your visitor’s screen resolution is relevant is when you are opening a new window. When you specify the size and position for the new window you need to make sure that it fits on the screen in the place you want. This early JavaScript tutorial was one of the first that I wrote specifically to answer a question that was asked by a visitor to the site (I have of course answered many more questions since then and a few hundred have even ended up as web pages).

Assigning an Absolute Screen Position Independent of Screen Resolution

Tags: javascript, position, screen resolution