PictureInPictureWindow: resize event

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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 addEventListener():

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

Alternatively, assign to the event handler property of the interface:

js
onresize = (event) => { }

Event type

A PictureInPictureEvent. Inherits from Event.

Event PictureInPictureEvent

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) => {
  // Use onresize (but note that this replaces other event listeners
  // added using onresize, if any)
  pictureInPictureWindow.onresize = resize;
  // or
  pictureInPictureWindow.addEventListener("resize", resize);
});

Specifications

Specification
Picture-in-Picture
# eventdef-pictureinpicturewindow-resize
Picture-in-Picture
# dom-pictureinpicturewindow-onresize

Browser compatibility