Can I resize the browser window?

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I found some answers to this question. This question is duplicate. But I’ll answer again because I’ll integrate them and add some more information.

To resize the window, you can simply do this:

window.resizeTo(width, height);

But this method is not working in Chrome and Opera. How do you resize an IE browser window to 1024 x 768

The reason, from The javascript “resizeTo” function not working in Chrome and Opera, is:

The resizeTo method is disabled by default in several browsers, and I
know that it can also be manually disabled in Firefox.

It has been widely misused, so most browser vendors feel that it
should be disabled, or at least a user controllable option.

But the method is working on popups even in Chrome or Opera. I guess the reason is that the browser vendors thought the resizeTo method could be needed in popups, and I think so.

To discuss this I made a thread about this issue on ux.stackexchange.com.
https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/9903/why-is-resizing-the-browser-window-bad-practice/9962#9962

I’m not sure if the resizeTo method is evil in every case but I’m sure that one should be careful when using this method.

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