HTMLVideoElement: 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 January 2020.

The resize event of the HTMLVideoElement interface fires when one or both of the videoWidth and videoHeight properties have just been updated.

This event is not cancelable but may bubble.

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

html
<video id="media" src="https://example.com/video.mp4"></video>
js
const el = document.getElementById("media");
el.addEventListener("resize", () => {
  console.log("The size of the video element has changed!");
});

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# event-media-resize
HTML
# handler-onresize

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
resize event
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 3 (Release date: 2009-09-15)
footnote Full support
Edge – Partial support
Edge 12 – 18 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Partial support
footnote The onresize event handler property is not supported.
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 3.5 (Release date: 2009-06-30)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 10.5 (Release date: 2010-03-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 3.1 (Release date: 2008-03-18)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 11 (Release date: 2011-03-22)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 3 (Release date: 2009-06-17)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 3 (Release date: 2009-06-17)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
Partial support
Partial support
Has more compatibility info.

See also