# Changing the screen size for different procedures

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/changing-the-screen-size-for-different-procedures/29817>\
**Category:** Builder\
**Created:** [July 1, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/changing-the-screen-size-for-different-procedures/29817 "2022-07-01T11:08:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![eambron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/eambron/32/34613_2.png) [@eambron](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/eambron)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/changing-the-screen-size-for-different-procedures/29817/1 "2022-07-01T11:08:58Z")

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Hello  
Is it possible to change the screen size for different procedures? Like I would like to have a full screen for some procedures and a smaller screen size for others because I need the experimenter to look at something else in the remain part of the screen. Is it possible? Thanks

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**Author:** ![TParsons](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/tparsons/32/8301_2.png) [@TParsons](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/TParsons)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/changing-the-screen-size-for-different-procedures/29817/2 "2022-07-01T17:00:24Z")

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Changing the size of the existing screen can be difficult, but you could achieve what you want to do by creating a new window (`win2 = visual.Window(size=(what, ever), full screen=False)`), you’d just have to be mindful to create and draw the stimuli in this window via code components if you’re using Builder

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**Author:** ![eambron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/eambron/32/34613_2.png) [@eambron](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/eambron)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/changing-the-screen-size-for-different-procedures/29817/3 "2022-07-05T19:39:47Z")

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Thank you for your answer I might be doing something wrong but the code as it is is not working… **init** () got an unexpected keyword argument ‘fullscreen’  
I have added this code at the beginning of the routine. What am I doing wrong?  
I also found this code that might be doing what I want, but I would like to change the minimized screen to a size that incorporates my stimuli (now it just minimizes to a fixed size at the center of the screen). Do you know how to change it? Thank you

win.winHandle.minimize()  
win=visual.Window()  
win.winHandle.set\_fullscreen(False)

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**Author:** ![Michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/michael/32/16_2.png) [@Michael](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Michael)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/changing-the-screen-size-for-different-procedures/29817/4 "2022-07-05T21:26:02Z")

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> [@eambron](#):
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> **init** () got an unexpected keyword argument ‘fullscreen’

The parameter name should be `fullscr` rather than `fullscreen`.

[https://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/window.html#psychopy.visual.Window.fullscr](https://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/window.html#psychopy.visual.Window.fullscr)