How to use addEventListener() Method In Javascript

The addEventListener method in JavaScript is used to attach an event handler to a specified element, enabling the execution of a function or a piece of code in response to a specific event.

Example: The updateSize function is created to update the height and width based on the window size. The addEventListener method is used to attach the resize event to the window object. When the window is resized, the updateSize function is called to update the displayed height and width. The initial values are set by calling updateSize once when the page loads.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        How to detect and resize the window size
    </title>
 
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
 
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>w3wiki</h1>
 
    <h3>
        Resizing the screen size and display its
        <br>corresponding width and height
    </h3>
    <div id="height">Height: <span></span></div>
    <div id="width">Width: <span></span></div>
 
    <script>
        const height = document.querySelector("#height span");
        const width = document.querySelector("#width span");
 
        // Function to update height and width
        function updateSize() {
            height.innerHTML = window.innerHeight;
            width.innerHTML = window.innerWidth;
        }
 
        // Add event listener for window resize
        window.addEventListener('resize', updateSize);
 
        // Initial update
        updateSize();
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:



How to detect when the window size is resized using JavaScript ?

Sometimes when we develop our site, we want to detect the size of the window, In this article, we are going to learn how to detect when the window size is resized using JavaScript

The window resize event occurs whenever the size of the browser window gets changed. We can listen to the resize event in two ways:

Table of Content

  • Using resize event
  • Using ResizeObserver API
  • Using addEventListener() Method

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