How to use resize event In Javascript

We can add an event listener to the body element which fires whenever the window size is resized. 

Example: This example shows the use of the above-explained approach.

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        How to detect and resize
        the window size
    </title>
     
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
        h1 {
            color:green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>w3wiki</h1>
     
    <h3>
        Resizing the screen size and display its
        <br>corresponding width and height
    </h3>
    <div id="height">Height: <span></span></div>
    <div id="width">Width: <span></span></div>
     
    <script>
        const height = document.querySelector("#height span");
        const width = document.querySelector("#width span");
         
        // Insert values on load of page
        window.onload = function() {
            height.innerHTML = window.innerHeight;
            width.innerHTML = window.innerWidth;
        };
         
        // Change values when window is resized
        window.onresize = function() {
         
            // Setting the current height & width
            // to the elements
            height.innerHTML = window.innerHeight;
            width.innerHTML = window.innerWidth;
        };
    </script>
</body>
</html>


Output: 

How to detect when the window size is resized using JavaScript ?

How to detect when the window size is resized using JavaScript ?

Sometimes when we develop our site, we want to detect the size of the window, In this article, we are going to learn how to detect when the window size is resized using JavaScript

The window resize event occurs whenever the size of the browser window gets changed. We can listen to the resize event in two ways:

Table of Content

  • Using resize event
  • Using ResizeObserver API
  • Using addEventListener() Method

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Method 1: Using resize event

We can add an event listener to the body element which fires whenever the window size is resized....

Method 2: Using ResizeObserver API

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Method 3: Using addEventListener() Method

We can use the latest ResizeObserver API to listen to the window resize event. This API is not fully supported....

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