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Using Javascript to resize browser window in IE8. Explanation mostly.

Answer 1

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I did some testing in IE9 beta (that's the only version of IE that I have on this machine), and it seems that window.resizeTo does not work on the initial page load. It does work if you refresh the page. Also, it does work if you delay its execution:

setTimeout(function() {
    window.resizeTo(200, 200);
}, 2000);

(at least in IE9 beta)

Šime Vidas 2010-10-22 12:59:32

Answer 2

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You won't be able to resize the window reliably with JavaScript. It's not possible in IE 7 with tabbed browsing enabled. It's also potentially annoying for the user.

Tim Down 2010-10-22 13:01:17

It is absolute annoying, but that's not an answer...

Henrik 2010-10-22 13:03:16

@Henrik: How is it not an answer? I'm saying you can't do it in IE 7, which is popular enough not to be ignored, so in general it can't be done. Coupled with the fact that if you resize the window without the user triggering the action then it's going to be annoying, that adds up to good reasons not to even attempt it.

Tim Down 2010-10-22 13:38:21

Answer 3

A:

This works for me in Internet explorer 8

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Resized</h1>

<script>
  window.resizeTo(400,400);
</script>
</body>

alt text

Henrik 2010-10-22 13:02:07

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