JavaScript: Changing Browser Window Width / Height

This petite JavaScript snippet defines several functions in the namespace of Geometry that will come handy when you need to manipulate window geometry, freeing you from the depressing chores of distinguishing different browsers for their distinct implementations of virtually the same features.

/**
 * This module defines functions for querying window and document geometry.
 *
 * Geometry.getWindowX/Y( ): return the position of the window on the screen
 * Geometry.getViewportWidth/Height( ): return the size of the browser viewport area
 * Geometry.getDocumentWidth/Height( ): return the size of the document
 * Geometry.getHorizontalScroll( ): return the position of the horizontal scrollbar
 * Geometry.getVerticalScroll( ): return the position of the vertical scrollbar
 *
 * Note that there is no portable way to query the overall size of the
 * browser window, so there are no getWindowWidth/Height( ) functions.
 *
 * IMPORTANT: This module must be included in the <body> of a document
 *            instead of the <head> of the document.
 */

var Geometry = {};

if (window.screenLeft) { // IE and others
    Geometry.getWindowX = function( ) { return window.screenLeft; };
    Geometry.getWindowY = function( ) { return window.screenTop; };
}
else if (window.screenX) { // Firefox and others
    Geometry.getWindowX = function( ) { return window.screenX; };
    Geometry.getWindowY = function( ) { return window.screenY; };
}

if (window.innerWidth) { // All browsers but IE
    Geometry.getViewportWidth = function( ) { return window.innerWidth; };
    Geometry.getViewportHeight = function( ) { return window.innerHeight; };
    Geometry.getHorizontalScroll = function( ) { return window.pageXOffset; };
    Geometry.getVerticalScroll = function( ) { return window.pageYOffset; };
}
else if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.clientWidth) {
    // These functions are for IE 6 when there is a DOCTYPE
    Geometry.getViewportWidth =
        function( ) { return document.documentElement.clientWidth; };
    Geometry.getViewportHeight =
        function( ) { return document.documentElement.clientHeight; };
    Geometry.getHorizontalScroll =
        function( ) { return document.documentElement.scrollLeft; };
    Geometry.getVerticalScroll =
        function( ) { return document.documentElement.scrollTop; };
}
else if (document.body.clientWidth) {
    // These are for IE4, IE5, and IE6 without a DOCTYPE
    Geometry.getViewportWidth =
        function( ) { return document.body.clientWidth; };
    Geometry.getViewportHeight =
        function( ) { return document.body.clientHeight; };
    Geometry.getHorizontalScroll =
        function( ) { return document.body.scrollLeft; };
    Geometry.getVerticalScroll =
        function( ) { return document.body.scrollTop; };
}

// These functions return the size of the document. They are not window
// related, but they are useful to have here anyway.
if (document.documentElement && document.documentElemnet.scrollWidth) {
    Geometry.getDocumentWidth =
        function( ) { return document.documentElement.scrollWidth; };
    Geometry.getDocumentHeight =
        function( ) { return document.documentElement.scrollHeight; };
}
else if (document.body.scrollWidth) {
    Geometry.getDocumentWidth =
        function( ) { return document.body.scrollWidth; };
    Geometry.getDocumentHeight =
        function( ) { return document.body.scrollHeight; };
}
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