different javascript/jQuery function by screen orientation on mobile AND browser - javascript

Disclaimer: I am not a javascript or jQuery expert.
This is probably an easy problem to solve, as it's just a small fix I can't figure out. I am implementing a site that is horizontal if the browser is in landscape mode, and vertical if in portrait. CSS changes are not an issue as that is easy with media queries. The problem I run into is when I want to only run a specific script when the screen is in landscape mode. Next problem I run into is that I don't just want this to work on mobile, but I also want it to be responsive in a standard browser as well; i.e. detect when the screen width > screen height and run said script. Here is my code so far:
var height = $(window).height();
var width = $(window).width();
if (width > height) {
//run landscape script
} else {
//run portrait script
};
This is working just fine to detect orientation when the page loads, but it doesn't change when the screen is resized since the script is not bound to window.resize. That being said, it is also not working when I bind it to window.resize.
Is there a better way to go about this? Or do I just need to fix up what is already here?

In case somebody else runs into this problem in the future, I'll post what solved my problem.
When I attempted to add the resize event to the function, my code looked like this:
$(window).on('resize', function() {
var height = $(window).height();
var width = $(window).width();
if (width > height) {
//run landscape script
} else {
//run portrait script
};
)};
This worked just fine, but it did not appear that way because the script was only being fired when the browser resized. While this is essential, the script also needs to fire when the page loads. My solution was just to add 'load' to the event:
$(window).on('resize load', function() {
var height = $(window).height();
var width = $(window).width();
if (width > height) {
//run landscape script
} else {
//run portrait script
};
)};

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Trigger jQuery function at specific different browser widths

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I'm trying to have this function trigger again on window resizes. (Preferably 1200px, 991px, 768px, 500px breakpoints)
If there is a good solution that allows the function to trigger with any browser resize, even better. I just need to make sure this wont cause "lag" or "slowness" due to the function triggering 100 times during a resize event for example.
Here is a codepenn with my current function:
http://codepen.io/bruno-gomes/pen/vgRbBB
Code:
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
(function() {
var navBarHeight = $('.header').height();
$('.content').css('margin-top', navBarHeight);
})();
});
The idea is that I want the fixed header to not cover the content, and the size of the header will vary depending on the width of the browser. This becomes an issue when user resizes browser because the function is only triggering once on load.
I have the IIFE setup like that because it's a Joomla site and they don't work properly otherwise by the way.
You can use .resize() for that
Ok seems like this approach solved all my problems ^.^
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
var height = $('.header').height();
resizeHeader(height);
$(window).resize(function() {
var height = $('.header').height();
resizeHeader(height);
});
function resizeHeader(height) {
$('.content').css('margin-top', height);
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});

orientation change VS jquery events

The website: http://negativgraffiti.hu/uj/
If you jumps from one page to another, every page has a different height, but they are all in one div, just they are not visible all the time.
I'm resizing the parent div everytime to the current page's height (not the full code, just a sample):
var magassag = jQuery("#post-5");
var egymagas = jQuery(".elsofo").height();
if (i == 1) {
magassag.animate({
height: egymagas
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}
it's working fine, but when i test it on tablet/mobile the height is ruins when i change the orientation, and i don't know why.
Use $(window).on('resize', fn) to detect window resizing.
$(window).on('resize', function() {
// re-animate the height for the current page
});
Although this works fine for tablet resizing, it will be very inefficient for desktop users who are resizing the window with their mouse. It is good to throttle the resize callback for that reason.
// Use `throttle` from any of the various throttle libraries available.
$(window).on('resize', throttle(function() {
// re-animate the height for the current page
}));

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I'm working on a mobile web project that goes between a two column or single column view based on screen size. For some device sizes, changing from portrait to landscape switches you between the single and double column. Across the bottom of the page there are three feature images that are side by side for two column view, but we want to turn into a content slider in single column.
My issue:
The javascript conditional I have calls the function when the width of the screen is below a certain width. However if you change the orientation/size of the screen, it doesn't recall the function or re-evaluate the screen width.
What I have:
if( $(window).width() < 570) {
$(window).load(function() {
$('.flexslider').flexslider();
});
}
What is the best way to watch for resize and call/recall the function after the resize event?
Use jQuery resize event on window. jsfiddle
$(window).resize(function(){
//your code
});
To follow on from what Shusl said, you need to create the functions within $(window).resize();
What I would do is create the function and be sure to trigger it too. So it would be something like -
$(window)resize(function() {
winWidth = $(window).width();
winHeight = $(window).height();
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$(window).load(function() { $('.flexslider').flexslider(); });
}
else {
// do something else
}
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I want a function to load only when the browser window width is greater than 940px.
I can do this on initial page load with:
if ( $(window).width() > 940) {
// my function
}
However, doing it the above way won't work on browser resize. I've been able to somewhat get it working on browser resize with the following:
$(window).resize(function() {
if ($(window).width() < 940) {
return;
}
else {
// my function
}
});
The problem with this, however, is once the function is loaded, it stays loaded whether the browser window is resized smaller or not. I need to clear the function out or un-load it whenever the window is smaller.
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Do what you need in the first branch where you have return.
http://jsfiddle.net/KQSNE/
Take a look at Managing JavaScript on Responsive Websites.

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I'm trying to make my site mobile friendly.
I want to know the browser window size so that I do something when it's narrower than 728px and something else when it's bigger.
This must take into account resizing the window on the PC as well as changing from portrait to landscape mode in a phone.
How can this be done?
As m90 suggest, if the only thing you want to do is modify the style, then you should have a look at media queries. However, if you want to do more than just modify the style, then you have to rely on JavaScript.
Plain JavaScript
The problem is that it isn't entirely straight forward to get the width of the window, it varies between browsers. So you would have to create a function, something like this (untested):
var width = 0;
function updateWindowSize() {
if (document.body && document.body.offsetWidth) {
width = document.body.offsetWidth;
}
if (document.compatMode=='CSS1Compat' &&
document.documentElement &&
document.documentElement.offsetWidth ) {
width = document.documentElement.offsetWidth;
}
if (window.innerWidth) {
width = window.innerWidth;
}
}
Then you could listen for for the window onresize event, and call the function to get the new window size everytime the window changes.
window.onresize = function(event) {
updateWindowSize();
}
jQuery
If you use jQuery, then this can be done a bit shorter, as jQuery takes care of the cross-browser-support for you behind the scenes:
var width;
$(window).resize(function() {
width = $(window).width();
});
As a warning, IE8 and lower don't support media queries or CSS3. If you don't care about IE8, go for it. Respond.js, Modernizr and others can help to support IE6-8, but it's far from perfect.

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