The Window.resizeBy()
method resizes the current window by a specified amount.
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Window: resizeBy() method
Syntax
js
resizeBy(xDelta, yDelta)
Parameters
xDelta
is the number of pixels to grow the window horizontally.yDelta
is the number of pixels to grow the window vertically.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
js
// Shrink the window
window.resizeBy(-200, -200);
Notes
This method resizes the window relative to its current size. To resize the window in absolute terms, use window.resizeTo()
.
Creating and resizing an external window
For security reasons, it's no longer possible in Firefox for a website to change the default size of a window in a browser if the window wasn't created by window.open()
, or contains more than one tab. See the compatibility table for details on the change.
Even if you create window by window.open()
it is not resizable by default. To make the window resizable, you must open it with the "resizable"
feature.
js
// Create resizable window
myExternalWindow = window.open(
"https://example.com",
"myWindowName",
"resizable",
);
// Resize window to 500x500
myExternalWindow.resizeTo(500, 500);
// Make window relatively smaller to 400x400
myExternalWindow.resizeBy(-100, -100);
The window you create must respect the Same Origin Policy. If the window you open is not in the same origin as the current window, you will not be able to resize, or access any information on, that window/tab.
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSSOM View Module # dom-window-resizeby |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
resizeBy |
1 | 12 |
1Since Firefox 7, it's no longer possible for a web site to change the default size of a window in a browser if the window wasn't created bywindow.open or contains more than one tab. See here for more details.
|
4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/resizeBy