PictureInPictureWindow: resize event

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The resize event fires when the floating video window has been resized.

This event is not cancelable and does not 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 PictureInPictureEvent. Inherits from Event.

Event PictureInPictureEvent

Event properties

In addition to the properties listed below, properties from the parent interface, Event, are available.

PictureInPictureEvent.pictureInPictureWindow

Returns the PictureInPictureWindow that is resized.

Examples

Window size logger

html
<p>Resize the floating video window to fire the <code>resize</code> event.</p>
<p>Window height: <span id="height"></span></p>
<p>Window width: <span id="width"></span></p>
<video id="video" src="" muted autoplay></video>
js
const video = document.querySelector("#video");
const heightOutput = document.querySelector("#height");
const widthOutput = document.querySelector("#width");

function resize(evt) {
  heightOutput.textContent = evt.target.height;
  widthOutput.textContent = evt.target.width;
}

video.requestPictureInPicture().then((pictureInPictureWindow) => {
  pictureInPictureWindow.onresize = resize;
  // or
  pictureInPictureWindow.addEventListener("resize", resize);
});

Specifications

Specification
Picture-in-Picture
# eventdef-pictureinpicturewindow-resize
Picture-in-Picture
# dom-pictureinpicturewindow-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 69 (Release date: 2018-09-04)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote
footnote See bug 1463402
Opera – Full support
Opera 56 (Release date: 2018-09-25)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 13.1 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 105 (Release date: 2022-09-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote
footnote See bug 1463402
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 72 (Release date: 2022-10-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 20 (Release date: 2023-02-10)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
See implementation notes.