VisualViewport: resize event

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since August 2021.

The resize event of the VisualViewport interface is fired when the visual viewport is resized.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("resize", (event) => {});

onresize = (event) => {};

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

You can use the resize event in an addEventListener() method:

js
visualViewport.addEventListener("resize", () => {
  // …
});

Or use the onresize event handler property:

js
visualViewport.onresize = () => {
  // …
};

Specifications

Specification
CSSOM View Module
# eventdef-window-resize

Browser compatibility

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