Portable Window Ruler

Portable Window Ruler is a small software application developed specifically for helping you make use of a screen ruler. The ruler is useful for testing if you program’s windows fit in a certain screen resolution or measuring any panel present on your desktop. It can be deployed on all Windows versions out there.

Portable tool

This is the portable version of Window Ruler. You can store it on USB flash drives or other portable devices to have it with you all the time. In addition, you may run it without administrative privileges.
Gaining access to its features requires only opening the executable file because there’s no setup included in the process. It does not write entries to your Windows registry and leave other configuration files on the target PC. It actually saves the settings data on the storage device.

Clean feature lineup

Portable Window Ruler sports an intuitive panel which can be moved to the desired desktop position using drag-and-drop actions. You can access the program’s features via the system tray or right-click on the ruler for viewing the set of dedicated parameters.
You may hide or show the ruler using simple clicks. A help manual is included in the package and includes succinct instructions about how to make the most out of the utility’s features.

Measurement parameters

The application gives you the possibility to choose between several predefined size values of the ruler. In addition, you are offered the freedom to resize the main window according to your preferences by dragging its corners.
Portable Window Ruler is able to capture the current desktop selection to an image and automatically copies the picture to the clipboard so you can transfer it into other third-party utilities.
Several configuration settings are hidden under the hood for helping you run the tool at Windows startup, make the ruler transparent, and choose between several units of measurement, namely points, pixels, inches, centimeters, or millimeters.
A smart feature included in the application enables you to capture the dimension of a user-defined window by simply dragging and dropping the program’s red ball onto the target panel.
Tests have pointed out that Portable Window Ruler carries out a task quickly and without errors. It does not eat up a lot of CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the computer is not hampered.

Bottom line

All things considered, Portable Window Ruler makes it easier for you to perform window measurement tasks, and is suitable especially for developers.