element-resize-detector

What is element-resize-detector?

The element-resize-detector npm package is a utility for detecting changes in the size of HTML elements. It provides a way to listen for resize events on any DOM element, which can be useful for responsive design, dynamic content adjustments, and more.

What are element-resize-detector's main functionalities?

Basic Resize Detection

This feature allows you to listen for resize events on a specific DOM element. When the element is resized, the provided callback function is executed.

const elementResizeDetectorMaker = require('element-resize-detector');
const erd = elementResizeDetectorMaker();

const element = document.getElementById('myElement');
erd.listenTo(element, function(element) {
  console.log('Element resized:', element);
});

Unlisten to Resize Events

This feature allows you to stop listening to resize events on a specific DOM element. This can be useful for cleanup or when the resize detection is no longer needed.

const elementResizeDetectorMaker = require('element-resize-detector');
const erd = elementResizeDetectorMaker();

const element = document.getElementById('myElement');

function onResize(element) {
  console.log('Element resized:', element);
}

erd.listenTo(element, onResize);

// Later, if you want to stop listening to resize events
erd.uninstall(element);

Batch Listening

This feature allows you to listen for resize events on multiple elements at once. The provided callback function is executed whenever any of the elements are resized.

const elementResizeDetectorMaker = require('element-resize-detector');
const erd = elementResizeDetectorMaker();

const elements = document.querySelectorAll('.resize-listen');

function onResize(element) {
  console.log('Element resized:', element);
}

elements.forEach(element => erd.listenTo(element, onResize));

Other packages similar to element-resize-detector

resize-observer-polyfill

The resize-observer-polyfill package provides a polyfill for the ResizeObserver API, which is a native browser API for observing changes to the size of an element. It offers similar functionality to element-resize-detector but leverages the native API when available, providing a more standardized approach.

react-resize-detector

The react-resize-detector package is a React-specific utility for detecting element resize events. It provides a higher-order component and hooks for integrating resize detection into React applications, making it a more seamless choice for React developers compared to element-resize-detector.

vue-resize

The vue-resize package is a Vue.js directive for detecting element resize events. It is tailored for Vue.js applications, providing a more idiomatic way to handle resize detection in Vue components compared to element-resize-detector.

README

element-resize-detector

Super-optimized cross-browser resize listener for elements. Up to 37x faster than related approaches (read section 5 of the article).

npm install element-resize-detector

Usage

Include the script in the browser:

<script src="node_modules/element-resize-detector/dist/element-resize-detector.min.js"></script>

This will create a global function elementResizeDetectorMaker, which is the maker function that makes an element resize detector instance.

You can also require it like so:

var elementResizeDetectorMaker = require("element-resize-detector");

Create instance

// With default options (will use the object-based approach).
// The object-based approach is deprecated, and will be removed in v2.
var erd = elementResizeDetectorMaker();

// With the ultra fast scroll-based approach.
// This will be the default in v2.
var erdUltraFast = elementResizeDetectorMaker({
  strategy: "scroll" //<- For ultra performance.
});

API

listenTo(element, listener)

Listens to the element for resize events and calls the listener function with the element as argument on resize events.

Example usage:

erd.listenTo(document.getElementById("test"), function(element) {
  var width = element.offsetWidth;
  var height = element.offsetHeight;
  console.log("Size: " + width + "x" + height);
});

removeListener(element, listener)

Removes the listener from the element.

removeAllListeners(element)

Removes all listeners from the element, but does not completely remove the detector. Use this function if you may add listeners later and don't want the detector to have to initialize again.

uninstall(element)

Completely removes the detector and all listeners.

Caveats

1. If the element has position: static it will be changed to position: relative. Any unintentional top/right/bottom/left/z-index styles will therefore be applied and absolute positioned children will be positioned relative to the element.
2. A hidden element will be injected as a direct child to the element.

Credits

This library is using the two approaches (scroll and object) as first described at http://www.backalleycoder.com/2013/03/18/cross-browser-event-based-element-resize-detection/.

The scroll based approach implementation was based on Marc J's implementation https://github.com/marcj/css-element-queries/blob/master/src/ResizeSensor.js.

Please note that both approaches have been heavily reworked for better performance and robustness.

Changelog

1.1.0

• Supporting inline elements
• Event-based solution for detecting attached/rendered events so that detached/unrendered elements can be listened to without polling
• Now all changes that affects the offset size of an element are properly detected (such as padding and font-size).
• Scroll is stabilized, and is the preferred strategy to use. The object strategy will be deprecated (and is currently only used for some legacy browsers such as IE9 and Opera 12).