In IE the window resize event is fired multiple times per actual resize: it is a well known issue for IE6 and IE7, but they misbehave along different patterns. Actually it seems that IE6 is worse than IE7.
After quite a long session of R&D, I’ve got to a pretty good solution, in the form of a jQuery plugin: jquery.wresize.js
/*
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WResize is the jQuery plugin for fixing the IE window resize bug
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Copyright 2007 / Andrea Ercolino
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LICENSE: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
WEBSITE: http://noteslog.com/
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*/
( function( $ )
{
$.fn.wresize = function( f )
{
version = '1.1';
wresize = {fired: false, width: 0};
function resizeOnce()
{
if ( $.browser.msie )
{
if ( ! wresize.fired )
{
wresize.fired = true;
}
else
{
var version = parseInt( $.browser.version, 10 );
wresize.fired = false;
if ( version < 7 )
{
return false;
}
else if ( version == 7 )
{
//a vertical resize is fired once, an horizontal resize twice
var width = $( window ).width();
if ( width != wresize.width )
{
wresize.width = width;
return false;
}
}
}
}
return true;
}
function handleWResize( e )
{
if ( resizeOnce() )
{
return f.apply(this, [e]);
}
}
this.each( function()
{
if ( this == window )
{
$( this ).resize( handleWResize );
}
else
{
$( this ).resize( f );
}
} );
return this;
};
} ) ( jQuery );
If you want to try it, here is a test page, where a div is automatically resized when the window is resized.
test window resize
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References:
http://dev.jquery.com
http://snook.ca
http://ecmascript.stchur.com
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