monitorWorkingArea.ahk

/*
	mwa := monitorWorkingArea()
	msgBox, % mwa.x " " mwa.y " " mwa.w " " mwa.h
	exitApp
*/

monitorWorkingArea()
{
	/*
		author 	 : Chef
		link   	 : http://ahkscript.org/boards/viewtopic.php?p=7194#p7194
		date   	 : 13 December 2013 | last modified : 16 December 2013

		description

			an alternative function to get MonitorWorkingArea since Ahk "MonitorWorkArea" command is not reliable.

		credit to SKAN and MilesAhead
	*/

	VarSetCapacity( APPBARDATA , 36, 0 )
	if DllCall( "Shell32.dll\SHAppBarMessage", "UInt", 0x4, "uint", &APPBARDATA )	; ABM_GETSTATE := 0x4
		return {x:0, y:0, w:a_screenWidth, h:a_screenHeight}
	; WinGetPos,tbx, tby,tbw, tbh, ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
	; taskbarPos := tbx > 0 ? "right" : (tby > 0 ? "bottom" : (tbh > (a_screenHeight//2) ? "left" : "top"))
	taskbarPos := taskbarPos() ; https://gist.github.com/fehC/8002421
	return taskbarPos = "top" || taskbarPos = "bottom" ? {x:0, y: (taskbarPos = "top" ? tbh : 0), w:a_screenWidth, h:a_screenHeight-tbh}
		: {x:(taskbarPos = "left" ? tbw : 0), y:0, w:a_screenWidth-tbw, h:a_screenHeight}
}