jQuery Capture Window Resize on End Event

Two methods to capture a resize event on a window, but how to capture the event once the user has finished resizing the window? A little trick is to use a setTimeout() with clearTimeout() and optimal duration is 250 even captures slowish window resizes smoothly. See Window resize examples for how you might use them.

Method 1

$(window).bind('resize', function(e)
 {
     //do something
});

Method 2

$(window).resize( function(e)
{
    //do something
});

Method 2 with timeout

$(window).bind('resize', function(e)
{
    window.resizeEvt;
    $(window).resize(function()
    {
        clearTimeout(window.resizeEvt);
        window.resizeEvt = setTimeout(function()
        {
            //code to do after window is resized
        }, 250);
    });
});

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Sam Deering

Sam Deering is a Front-end Web Developer who specialises in JavaScript & jQuery. Sam is driven and passionate about sharing his knowledge to educate others.