According to this bug report, this is a new feature, not a bug. Specifically: Two rules: Can’t resize a window/tab that hasn’t been created by window.open. Can’t resize a tab if the tab is in a window with more than one tab. If I understand this “fix” correctly, you can resize only your own popup … Read more
You can first determine a definite size. var size = [window.width,window.height]; //public variable Then do this: $(window).resize(function(){ window.resizeTo(size[0],size[1]); }); Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/DerekL/xeway917/ Q: Won’t this cause an infinite loop of resizing? – user1147171 Nice question. This will not cause an infinite loop of resizing. The W3C specification states that resize event must be dispatched only when … Read more
PART 2: Identifying and Fixing Windows Resize Problems Note: you want to read PART 1 first for this answer to make sense. This answer will not solve all your resizing problems. It organizes the still-usable ideas from other posts and adds a few novel ideas. None of this behavior is at all documented on Microsoft’s … Read more
Best practice is to attach to the resize event. window.addEventListener(‘resize’, function(event) { … }, true); jQuery is just wrapping the standard resize DOM event, eg. window.onresize = function(event) { … }; jQuery may do some work to ensure that the resize event gets fired consistently in all browsers, but I’m not sure if any of … Read more