[javascript] How to make HTML element resizable using pure Javascript?

I was wondering how we can make a HTML element like <div> or <p> tag element resizable when clicked using pure JavaScript, not the jQuery library or any other library.

This question is related to javascript html css dom-events

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// import
function get_difference(pre, mou) {
  return {
    x: mou.x - pre.x,
    y: mou.y - pre.y
  };
}

/*
if your panel is in a nested environment, which the parent container's width and height does not equa to document width 
and height, for example, in an element `canvas`, then edit it to

function oMousePos(e) {
  var rc = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
  return {
    x: e.clientX - rc.left,
    y: e.clientY - rc.top,
  };
}
*/

function oMousePos(e) {
  return {
    x: e.clientX,
    y: e.clientY,
  };
}

function render_element(styles, el) {
  for (const [kk, vv] of Object.entries(styles)) {
    el.style[kk] = vv;
  }
}

class MoveablePanel {

  /*
  prevent an element from moving out of window
  */
  constructor(container, draggable, left, top) {
    this.container = container;
    this.draggable = draggable;
    this.left = left;
    this.top = top;
    let rect = container.getBoundingClientRect();
    this.width = rect.width;
    this.height = rect.height;
    this.status = false;

    // initial position of the panel, should not be changed
    this.original = {
      left: left,
      top: top
    };

    // current left and top postion
    // {this.left, this.top}

    // assign the panel to initial position
    // initalize in registration
    this.default();

    if (!MoveablePanel._instance) {
      MoveablePanel._instance = [];
    }
    MoveablePanel._instance.push(this);
  }

  mousedown(e) {
    this.status = true;
    this.previous = oMousePos(e)
  }

  mousemove(e) {
    if (!this.status) {
      return;
    }
    let pos = oMousePos(e);
    let vleft = this.left + pos.x - this.previous.x;
    let vtop = this.top + pos.y - this.previous.y;
    let kleft, ktop;

    if (vleft < 0) {
      kleft = 0;
    } else if (vleft > window.innerWidth - this.width) {
      kleft = window.innerWidth - this.width;
    } else {
      kleft = vleft;
    }

    if (vtop < 0) {
      ktop = 0;
    } else if (vtop > window.innerHeight - this.height) {
      ktop = window.innerHeight - this.height;
    } else {
      ktop = vtop;
    }
    this.container.style.left = `${kleft}px`;
    this.container.style.top = `${ktop}px`;
  }

  /*
  sometimes user move the cursor too fast which mouseleave is previous than mouseup
  to prevent moving too fast and break the control, mouseleave is handled the same as mouseup
  */

  mouseupleave(e) {
    if (!this.status) {
      return null;
    }
    this.status = false;
    let pos = oMousePos(e);
    let vleft = this.left + pos.x - this.previous.x;
    let vtop = this.top + pos.y - this.previous.y;

    if (vleft < 0) {
      this.left = 0;
    } else if (vleft > window.innerWidth - this.width) {
      this.left = window.innerWidth - this.width;
    } else {
      this.left = vleft;
    }

    if (vtop < 0) {
      this.top = 0;
    } else if (vtop > window.innerHeight - this.height) {
      this.top = window.innerHeight - this.height;
    } else {
      this.top = vtop;
    }

    this.show();
    return true;
  }

  default () {
    this.container.style.left = `${this.original.left}px`;
    this.container.style.top = `${this.original.top}px`;
  }

  /*
  panel with a higher z index will interupt drawing
  therefore if panel is not displaying, set it with a lower z index that canvas

  change index doesn't work, if panel is hiding, then we move it out
  hide: record current position, move panel out
  show: assign to recorded position

  notice this position has nothing to do panel drag movement
  they cannot share the same variable
  */

  hide() {
    // move to the right bottom conner
    this.container.style.left = `${window.screen.width}px`;
    this.container.style.top = `${window.screen.height}px`;
  }

  show() {
    this.container.style.left = `${this.left}px`;
    this.container.style.top = `${this.top}px`;
  }
}
// end of import

class DotButton{
    constructor(
        width_px, 
        styles, // mainly pos, padding and margin, e.g. {top: 0, left: 0, margin: 0},
        color, 
        color_hover,
        border, // boolean
        border_dismiss, // boolean: dismiss border when hover
    ){
        this.width = width_px;
        this.styles = styles;
        this.color = color;
        this.color_hover = color_hover;
        this.border = border;
        this.border_dismiss = border_dismiss;
    }

    create(_styles=null){
        var el = document.createElement('div');
        Object.keys(this.styles).forEach(kk=>{
            el.style[kk] = `${this.styles[kk]}px`;
        });
        if(_styles){
            Object.keys(_styles).forEach(kk=>{
                el.style[kk] = `${this.styles[kk]}px`;
            });
        }
        el.style.width = `${this.width}px`
        el.style.height = `${this.width}px`
        el.style.position = 'absolute';
        el.style.left = `${this.left_px}px`;
        el.style.top = `${this.top_px}px`;
        el.style.background = this.color;
        if(this.border){
            el.style.border = '1px solid'; 
        }
        el.style.borderRadius = `${this.width}px`;

        el.addEventListener('mouseenter', ()=>{
            el.style.background = this.color_hover;
            if(this.border_dismiss){
                el.style.border = `1px solid ${this.color_hover}`; 
            }
        });
        el.addEventListener('mouseleave', ()=>{
            el.style.background = this.color;
            if(this.border_dismiss){
                el.style.border = '1px solid'; 
            }
        });
        return el;
    }
}

function cursor_hover(el, default_cursor, to_cursor){
    el.addEventListener('mouseenter', function(){
        this.style.cursor = to_cursor;
    }.bind(el));


    el.addEventListener('mouseleave', function(){
        this.style.cursor = default_cursor;
    }.bind(el));
}

class FlexPanel extends MoveablePanel{
    constructor(
        parent_el,
        top_px,
        left_px,
        width_px, 
        height_px, 
        background,
        handle_width_px, 
        coner_vmin_ratio, 
        button_width_px, 
        button_margin_px, 
    ){
        super(
            (()=>{
                var el = document.createElement('div');
                render_element(
                    {
                        position: 'fixed', 
                        top: `${top_px}px`,
                        left: `${left_px}px`,
                        width: `${width_px}px`,
                        height: `${height_px}px`,
                        background: background, 
                    }, 
                    el,
                );
                return el;
            })(), // iife returns a container (panel el)
            new DotButton(button_width_px, {top: 0, right: 0, margin: button_margin_px}, 'green', 'lightgreen', false, false).create(), // draggable
            left_px, // left
            top_px, // top
        );

        this.draggable.addEventListener('mousedown', e => {
            e.preventDefault();
            this.mousedown(e);
        });

        this.draggable.addEventListener('mousemove', e => {
            e.preventDefault();
            this.mousemove(e);
        });

        this.draggable.addEventListener('mouseup', e => {
            e.preventDefault();
            this.mouseupleave(e);
        });

        this.draggable.addEventListener('mouseleave', e => {
            e.preventDefault();
            this.mouseupleave(e);
        });

        this.parent_el = parent_el;
        this.background = background;

        // parent
        this.width = width_px;
        this.height = height_px;

        this.handle_width_px = handle_width_px;
        this.coner_vmin_ratio = coner_vmin_ratio;

        this.panel_el = document.createElement('div');

        // styles that won't change 
        this.panel_el.style.position = 'absolute';
        this.panel_el.style.top = `${this.handle_width_px}px`;
        this.panel_el.style.left = `${this.handle_width_px}px`; 
        this.panel_el.style.background = this.background;
    
        this.handles = [
            this.handle_top,
            this.handle_left,
            this.handle_bottom,
            this.handle_right, 

            this.handle_lefttop,
            this.handle_topleft,
            this.handle_topright,
            this.handle_righttop, 
            this.handle_rightbottom, 
            this.handle_bottomright,
            this.handle_bottomleft,
            this.handle_leftbottom, 
        ] = Array.from({length: 12}, i => document.createElement('div'));

        this.handles.forEach(el=>{
            el.style.position = 'absolute';
        });

        this.handle_topleft.style.top = '0';
        this.handle_topleft.style.left = `${this.handle_width_px}px`;

        this.handle_righttop.style.right = '0';
        this.handle_righttop.style.top = `${this.handle_width_px}px`;

        this.handle_bottomright.style.bottom = '0';
        this.handle_bottomright.style.right = `${this.handle_width_px}px`;

        this.handle_leftbottom.style.left = '0';
        this.handle_leftbottom.style.bottom = `${this.handle_width_px}px`;


        this.handle_lefttop.style.left = '0';
        this.handle_lefttop.style.top = '0';

        this.handle_topright.style.top = '0';
        this.handle_topright.style.right = '0';

        this.handle_rightbottom.style.right = '0';
        this.handle_rightbottom.style.bottom = '0';

        this.handle_bottomleft.style.bottom = '0';
        this.handle_bottomleft.style.left = '0';

        this.update_ratio();

        [
            'ns-resize', // |
            'ew-resize', // -
            'ns-resize', // |
            'ew-resize', // -

            'nwse-resize', // \
            'nwse-resize', // \
            'nesw-resize', // /
            'nesw-resize', // /
            'nwse-resize', // \
            'nwse-resize', // \
            'nesw-resize', // /
            'nesw-resize', // /
        ].map((dd, ii)=>{
            cursor_hover(this.handles[ii], 'default', dd);
        });

        this.vtop = this.top;
        this.vleft = this.left;
        this.vwidth = this.width;
        this.vheight = this.height;

        this.update_ratio();

        this.handles.forEach(el=>{
            this.container.appendChild(el);
        });

        cursor_hover(this.draggable, 'default', 'move');

        this.panel_el.appendChild(this.draggable);
        this.container.appendChild(this.panel_el);
        this.parent_el.appendChild(this.container);

        [
            this.edgemousedown, 
            this.verticalmousemove,
            this.horizontalmousemove,
            this.nwsemousemove,
            this.neswmousemove,
            this.edgemouseupleave,
        ] = [
            this.edgemousedown.bind(this),
            this.verticalmousemove.bind(this),
            this.horizontalmousemove.bind(this),
            this.nwsemousemove.bind(this),
            this.neswmousemove.bind(this),
            this.edgemouseupleave.bind(this),
        ];

        this.handle_top.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'top')});
        this.handle_left.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'left')});
        this.handle_bottom.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'bottom')});
        this.handle_right.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'right')}); 
        this.handle_lefttop.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'lefttop')});
        this.handle_topleft.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'topleft')});
        this.handle_topright.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'topright')});
        this.handle_righttop.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'righttop')}); 
        this.handle_rightbottom.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'rightbottom')}); 
        this.handle_bottomright.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'bottomright')});
        this.handle_bottomleft.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'bottomleft')});
        this.handle_leftbottom.addEventListener('mousedown', e=>{this.edgemousedown(e, 'leftbottom')});

        this.handle_top.addEventListener('mousemove', this.verticalmousemove);
        this.handle_left.addEventListener('mousemove', this.horizontalmousemove);
        this.handle_bottom.addEventListener('mousemove', this.verticalmousemove);
        this.handle_right.addEventListener('mousemove', this.horizontalmousemove); 
        this.handle_lefttop.addEventListener('mousemove', this.nwsemousemove);
        this.handle_topleft.addEventListener('mousemove', this.nwsemousemove);
        this.handle_topright.addEventListener('mousemove', this.neswmousemove);
        this.handle_righttop.addEventListener('mousemove', this.neswmousemove); 
        this.handle_rightbottom.addEventListener('mousemove', this.nwsemousemove); 
        this.handle_bottomright.addEventListener('mousemove', this.nwsemousemove);
        this.handle_bottomleft.addEventListener('mousemove', this.neswmousemove);
        this.handle_leftbottom.addEventListener('mousemove', this.neswmousemove);

        this.handle_top.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.verticalmousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()});
        this.handle_left.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.horizontalmousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()});
        this.handle_bottom.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.verticalmousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()});
        this.handle_right.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.horizontalmousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()}); 
        this.handle_lefttop.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.nwsemousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()});
        this.handle_topleft.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.nwsemousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()});
        this.handle_topright.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.neswmousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()});
        this.handle_righttop.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.neswmousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()}); 
        this.handle_rightbottom.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.nwsemousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()}); 
        this.handle_bottomright.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.nwsemousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()});
        this.handle_bottomleft.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.neswmousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()});
        this.handle_leftbottom.addEventListener('mouseup', e=>{this.neswmousemove(e); this.edgemouseupleave()});
    
        this.handle_top.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
        this.handle_left.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
        this.handle_bottom.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
        this.handle_right.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
        this.handle_lefttop.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
        this.handle_topleft.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
        this.handle_topright.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
        this.handle_righttop.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
        this.handle_rightbottom.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
        this.handle_bottomright.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
        this.handle_bottomleft.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
        this.handle_leftbottom.addEventListener('mouseleave', this.edgemouseupleave);
    }

    // box size change triggers corner handler size change
    update_ratio(){
        this.container.style.top = `${this.vtop}px`;
        this.container.style.left = `${this.vleft}px`;
        this.container.style.width = `${this.vwidth}px`;
        this.container.style.height = `${this.vheight}px`;

        this.panel_el.style.width = `${this.vwidth - 2 * this.handle_width_px}px`;
        this.panel_el.style.height = `${this.vheight - 2 * this.handle_width_px}px`;

        this.ratio = this.vwidth < this.vheight ? this.coner_vmin_ratio * this.vwidth : this.coner_vmin_ratio * this.vheight;
        [
            this.handle_top,
            this.handle_bottom, 
        ].forEach(el=>{
            el.style.width = `${this.vwidth - 2 * this.ratio}px`;
            el.style.height = `${this.handle_width_px}px`;
        });

        [
            this.handle_left,
            this.handle_right, 
        ].forEach(el=>{
            el.style.height = `${this.vheight - 2 * this.ratio}px`;
            el.style.width = `${this.handle_width_px}px`;
        });

        this.handle_top.style.top = `0`;
        this.handle_top.style.left = `${this.ratio}px`;

        this.handle_left.style.top = `${this.ratio}px`;
        this.handle_left.style.left = `0`;

        this.handle_bottom.style.bottom = `0`;
        this.handle_bottom.style.right = `${this.ratio}px`;

        this.handle_right.style.bottom = `${this.ratio}px`;
        this.handle_right.style.right = `0`;

        [
            this.handle_topright,
            this.handle_bottomleft,
        ].forEach(el=>{
            el.style.width = `${this.ratio}px`;
            el.style.height = `${this.handle_width_px}px`;
        });

        [
            this.handle_lefttop,
            this.handle_rightbottom,
        ].forEach(el=>{
            el.style.width = `${this.handle_width_px}px`;
            el.style.height = `${this.ratio}px`;
        });

        [
            this.handle_topleft,
            this.handle_bottomright,
        ].forEach(el=>{
            el.style.width = `${this.ratio - this.handle_width_px}px`;
            el.style.height = `${this.handle_width_px}px`;
        });

        [
            this.handle_righttop,
            this.handle_leftbottom,
        ].forEach(el=>{
            el.style.height = `${this.handle_width_px}px`;
            el.style.width = `${this.ratio - this.handle_width_px}px`;
        });
    }

    edgemousedown(e, flag){
        this.previous = oMousePos(e);
        this.flag = flag;
        this.drag = true;
    }

    verticalmousemove(e){
        if(this.drag){
            // -
            this.mouse = oMousePos(e);
            var ydif = this.mouse.y - this.previous.y;
            switch(this.flag){
                case 'top':
                    this.vtop = this.top + ydif;
                    this.vheight = this.height - ydif;

                    this.vleft = this.left;
                    this.vwidth = this.width;
                break;

                case 'bottom':
                    this.vheight = this.height + ydif;

                    this.vtop = this.top;
                    this.vleft = this.left;
                    this.vwidth = this.width;
                break;
            }
            this.update_ratio();
        }
    }

    horizontalmousemove(e){
        if(this.drag){
            // |
            this.mouse = oMousePos(e);
            var xdif = this.mouse.x - this.previous.x;
            switch(this.flag){
                case 'left':
                    this.vleft = this.left + xdif;
                    this.vwidth = this.width - xdif;

                    this.vtop = this.top;
                    this.vheight = this.height;
                break;

                case 'right':
                    this.vwidth = this.width + xdif;
                
                    this.vtop = this.top;
                    this.vleft = this.left;
                    this.vheight = this.height;
                break;
            }
            this.update_ratio();
        }
    }

    nwsemousemove(e){
        if(this.drag){
            // \
            this.mouse = oMousePos(e);
            var ydif = this.mouse.y - this.previous.y;
            var xdif = this.mouse.x - this.previous.x;
            switch(this.flag){
                case 'topleft':
                    this.vleft = this.left + xdif;
                    this.vtop = this.top + ydif;
                    this.vwidth = this.width - xdif;
                    this.vheight = this.height - ydif;
                break;

                case 'lefttop':
                    this.vleft = this.left + xdif;
                    this.vtop = this.top + ydif;
                    this.vwidth = this.width - xdif;
                    this.vheight = this.height - ydif;
                break;

                case 'bottomright':
                    this.vwidth = this.width + xdif;
                    this.vheight = this.height + ydif;

                    this.vtop = this.top;
                    this.vleft = this.left;
                break;

                case 'rightbottom':
                    this.vwidth = this.width + xdif;
                    this.vheight = this.height + ydif;

                    this.vtop = this.top;
                    this.vleft = this.left;
                break;
            }
            this.update_ratio();
        }
    }

    neswmousemove(e){
        if(this.drag){
            // /
            this.mouse = oMousePos(e);
            var ydif = this.mouse.y - this.previous.y;
            var xdif = this.mouse.x - this.previous.x;
            switch(this.flag){
                case 'topright':
                    this.vtop = this.top + ydif;
                    this.vwidth = this.width + xdif;
                    this.vheight = this.height - ydif;

                    this.vleft = this.left;
                break;

                case 'righttop':
                    this.vtop = this.top + ydif;
                    this.vwidth = this.width + xdif;
                    this.vheight = this.height - ydif;

                    this.vleft = this.left;
                break;

                case 'bottomleft':
                    this.vleft = this.left + xdif;
                    this.vwidth = this.width - xdif;
                    this.vheight = this.height + ydif;

                    this.vtop = this.top;
                break;

                case 'leftbottom':
                    this.vleft = this.left + xdif;
                    this.vwidth = this.width - xdif;
                    this.vheight = this.height + ydif;

                    this.vtop = this.top;
                break;
            }
            this.update_ratio();
        }
    }

    edgemouseupleave(){
        this.drag = false;
        this.top = this.vtop;
        this.left = this.vleft;
        this.width = this.vwidth;
        this.height = this.vheight;
    }

    mouseupleave(e){
        if(super.mouseupleave(e)){
            this.vtop = this.top;
            this.vleft = this.left;         
        }
    }
}


var fp = new FlexPanel(
    document.body, // parent div container
    20, // top margin
    20, // left margin
    200, // width 
    150, // height
    'lightgrey', // background
    20, // handle height when horizontal; handle width when vertical
    0.2, // edge up and left resize bar width : top resize bar width = 1 : 5
    35, // green move button width and height
    2, // button margin
);

/*
this method creates an element for you
which you don't need to pass in a selected element

to manipuate dom element
fp.container -> entire panel
fp.panel_el -> inside panel
*/
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Achieving functionalities fully requires a lot of hard coding. Please refer to the documentation, it will show you how to use each class as element.


what about a pure css3 solution?

div {
    resize: both;
    overflow: auto;
} 

MDN Web Docs

W3Schools example

Browser support


just using the mousemove event in vanilla js

steps

  1. add the mousemove to your target

  2. listen to the target move event

  3. get the pointer position, resize your target

codes

    const div = document.querySelector(`div.before`);
    const box = document.querySelector(`div.container`);
    box.addEventListener(`mousemove`, (e) => {
      const {
        offsetX,
        offsetY,
      } = e;
      div.style.width = offsetX + `px`;
    });

live demo

https://codepen.io/xgqfrms/full/wvMQqZL enter image description here

refs

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/mousemove_event

https://medium.com/the-z/making-a-resizable-div-in-js-is-not-easy-as-you-think-bda19a1bc53d


See my cross browser compatible resizer.

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        <script type="text/javascript" src="https://rawgit.com/anhr/resizer/master/resizer.js"></script>_x000D_
        <style>_x000D_
            .element {_x000D_
                border: 1px solid #999999;_x000D_
                border-radius: 4px;_x000D_
                margin: 5px;_x000D_
                padding: 5px;_x000D_
            }_x000D_
        </style>_x000D_
        <script type="text/javascript">_x000D_
            function onresize() {_x000D_
                var element1 = document.getElementById("element1");_x000D_
                var element2 = document.getElementById("element2");_x000D_
                var element3 = document.getElementById("element3");_x000D_
                var ResizerY = document.getElementById("resizerY");_x000D_
                ResizerY.style.top = element3.offsetTop - 15 + "px";_x000D_
                var topElements = document.getElementById("topElements");_x000D_
                topElements.style.height = ResizerY.offsetTop - 20 + "px";_x000D_
                var height = topElements.clientHeight - 32;_x000D_
                if (height < 0)_x000D_
                    height = 0;_x000D_
                height += 'px';_x000D_
                element1.style.height = height;_x000D_
                element2.style.height = height;_x000D_
            }_x000D_
            function resizeX(x) {_x000D_
                //consoleLog("mousemove(X = " + e.pageX + ")");_x000D_
                var element2 = document.getElementById("element2");_x000D_
                element2.style.width =_x000D_
                    element2.parentElement.clientWidth_x000D_
                    + document.getElementById('rezizeArea').offsetLeft_x000D_
                    - x_x000D_
                    + 'px';_x000D_
            }_x000D_
            function resizeY(y) {_x000D_
                //consoleLog("mousemove(Y = " + e.pageY + ")");_x000D_
                var element3 = document.getElementById("element3");_x000D_
                var height =_x000D_
                    element3.parentElement.clientHeight_x000D_
                    + document.getElementById('rezizeArea').offsetTop_x000D_
                    - y_x000D_
                ;_x000D_
                //consoleLog("mousemove(Y = " + e.pageY + ") height = " + height + " element3.parentElement.clientHeight = " + element3.parentElement.clientHeight);_x000D_
                if ((height + 100) > element3.parentElement.clientHeight)_x000D_
                    return;//Limit of the height of the elemtnt 3_x000D_
                element3.style.height = height + 'px';_x000D_
                onresize();_x000D_
            }_x000D_
            var emailSubject = "Resizer example error";_x000D_
        </script>_x000D_
    </head>_x000D_
    <body>_x000D_
        <div id='Message'></div>_x000D_
        <h1>Resizer</h1>_x000D_
        <p>Please see example of resizing of the HTML element by mouse dragging.</p>_x000D_
        <ul>_x000D_
            <li>Drag the red rectangle if you want to change the width of the Element 1 and Element 2</li>_x000D_
            <li>Drag the green rectangle if you want to change the height of the Element 1 Element 2 and Element 3</li>_x000D_
            <li>Drag the small blue square at the left bottom of the Element 2, if you want to resize of the Element 1 Element 2 and Element 3</li>_x000D_
        </ul>_x000D_
        <div id="rezizeArea" style="width:1000px; height:250px; overflow:auto; position: relative;" class="element">_x000D_
            <div id="topElements" class="element" style="overflow:auto; position:absolute; left: 0; top: 0; right:0;">_x000D_
                <div id="element2" class="element" style="width: 30%; height:10px; float: right; position: relative;">_x000D_
                    Element 2_x000D_
                    <div id="resizerXY" style="width: 10px; height: 10px; background: blue; position:absolute; left: 0; bottom: 0;"></div>_x000D_
                    <script type="text/javascript">_x000D_
                        resizerXY("resizerXY", function (e) {_x000D_
                                resizeX(e.pageX + 10);_x000D_
                                resizeY(e.pageY + 50);_x000D_
                            });_x000D_
                    </script>_x000D_
                </div>_x000D_
                <div id="resizerX" style="width: 10px; height:100%; background: red; float: right;"></div>_x000D_
                <script type="text/javascript">_x000D_
                    resizerX("resizerX", function (e) {_x000D_
                        resizeX(e.pageX + 25);_x000D_
                    });_x000D_
                </script>_x000D_
                <div id="element1" class="element" style="height:10px; overflow:auto;">Element 1</div>_x000D_
            </div>_x000D_
            <div id="resizerY" style="height:10px; position:absolute; left: 0; right:0; background: green;"></div>_x000D_
            <script type="text/javascript">_x000D_
                resizerY("resizerY", function (e) {_x000D_
                    resizeY(e.pageY + 25);_x000D_
                });_x000D_
            </script>_x000D_
            <div id="element3" class="element" style="height:100px; position:absolute; left: 0; bottom: 0; right:0;">Element 3</div>_x000D_
        </div>_x000D_
        <script type="text/javascript">_x000D_
            onresize();_x000D_
        </script>_x000D_
    </body>_x000D_
    </html>
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Also see my example of resizer


I just created a CodePen that shows how this can be done pretty easily using ES6.

http://codepen.io/travist/pen/GWRBQV

Basically, here is the class that does this.

let getPropertyValue = function(style, prop) {
  let value = style.getPropertyValue(prop);
  value = value ? value.replace(/[^0-9.]/g, '') : '0';
  return parseFloat(value);
}

let getElementRect = function(element) {
  let style = window.getComputedStyle(element, null);
  return {
    x: getPropertyValue(style, 'left'),
    y: getPropertyValue(style, 'top'),
    width: getPropertyValue(style, 'width'),
    height: getPropertyValue(style, 'height')
  }
}

class Resizer {
    constructor(wrapper, element, options) {
        this.wrapper = wrapper;
        this.element = element;
        this.options = options;
        this.offsetX = 0;
        this.offsetY = 0;
        this.handle = document.createElement('div');
        this.handle.setAttribute('class', 'drag-resize-handlers');
        this.handle.setAttribute('data-direction', 'br');
        this.wrapper.appendChild(this.handle);
        this.wrapper.style.top = this.element.style.top;
        this.wrapper.style.left = this.element.style.left;
        this.wrapper.style.width = this.element.style.width;
        this.wrapper.style.height = this.element.style.height;
        this.element.style.position = 'relative';
        this.element.style.top = 0;
        this.element.style.left = 0;
        this.onResize = this.resizeHandler.bind(this);
        this.onStop = this.stopResize.bind(this);
        this.handle.addEventListener('mousedown', this.initResize.bind(this));
    }

    initResize(event) {
        this.stopResize(event, true);
        this.handle.addEventListener('mousemove', this.onResize);
        this.handle.addEventListener('mouseup', this.onStop);
    }

    resizeHandler(event) {
        this.offsetX = event.clientX - (this.wrapper.offsetLeft + this.handle.offsetLeft);
        this.offsetY = event.clientY - (this.wrapper.offsetTop + this.handle.offsetTop);
        let wrapperRect = getElementRect(this.wrapper);
        let elementRect = getElementRect(this.element);
        this.wrapper.style.width = (wrapperRect.width + this.offsetX) + 'px';
        this.wrapper.style.height = (wrapperRect.height + this.offsetY) + 'px';
        this.element.style.width = (elementRect.width + this.offsetX) + 'px';
        this.element.style.height = (elementRect.height + this.offsetY) + 'px';
    }

    stopResize(event, nocb) {
        this.handle.removeEventListener('mousemove', this.onResize); 
        this.handle.removeEventListener('mouseup', this.onStop);
    }
}

class Dragger {
    constructor(wrapper, element, options) {
        this.wrapper = wrapper;
        this.options = options;
        this.element = element;
        this.element.draggable = true;
        this.element.setAttribute('draggable', true);
        this.element.addEventListener('dragstart', this.dragStart.bind(this));
    }

    dragStart(event) {
        let wrapperRect = getElementRect(this.wrapper);
        var x = wrapperRect.x - parseFloat(event.clientX);
        var y = wrapperRect.y - parseFloat(event.clientY);
        event.dataTransfer.setData("text/plain", this.element.id + ',' + x + ',' + y);
    }

    dragStop(event, prevX, prevY) {
        var posX = parseFloat(event.clientX) + prevX;
        var posY = parseFloat(event.clientY) + prevY;
        this.wrapper.style.left = posX + 'px';
        this.wrapper.style.top = posY + 'px';
    }
}

class DragResize {
    constructor(element, options) {
        options = options || {};
        this.wrapper = document.createElement('div');
        this.wrapper.setAttribute('class', 'tooltip drag-resize');
        if (element.parentNode) {
          element.parentNode.insertBefore(this.wrapper, element);
        }
        this.wrapper.appendChild(element);
        element.resizer = new Resizer(this.wrapper, element, options);
        element.dragger = new Dragger(this.wrapper, element, options);
    }
}

document.body.addEventListener('dragover', function (event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    return false;
});

document.body.addEventListener('drop', function (event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    var dropData = event.dataTransfer.getData("text/plain").split(',');
    var element = document.getElementById(dropData[0]);
    element.dragger.dragStop(event, parseFloat(dropData[1]), parseFloat(dropData[2]));
    return false;
});

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var resizeHandle = document.getElementById('resizable');_x000D_
var box = document.getElementById('resize');_x000D_
resizeHandle.addEventListener('mousedown', initialiseResize, false);_x000D_
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function initialiseResize(e) {_x000D_
  window.addEventListener('mousemove', startResizing, false);_x000D_
  window.addEventListener('mouseup', stopResizing, false);_x000D_
}_x000D_
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function stopResizing(e) {_x000D_
  window.removeEventListener('mousemove', startResizing, false);_x000D_
  window.removeEventListener('mouseup', stopResizing, false);_x000D_
}_x000D_
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function startResizing(e) {_x000D_
  box.style.width = (e.clientX) + 'px';_x000D_
  box.style.height = (e.clientY) + 'px';_x000D_
}_x000D_
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function startResizing(e) {_x000D_
  box.style.width = (e.clientX - box.offsetLeft) + 'px';_x000D_
  box.style.height = (e.clientY - box.offsetTop) + 'px';_x000D_
}
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#resize {_x000D_
  position: relative;_x000D_
  width: 130px;_x000D_
  height: 130px;_x000D_
  border: 2px solid blue;_x000D_
  color: white;_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
#resizable {_x000D_
  background-color: white;_x000D_
  width: 10px;_x000D_
  height: 10px;_x000D_
  cursor: se-resize;_x000D_
  position: absolute;_x000D_
  right: 0;_x000D_
  bottom: 0;_x000D_
}
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<div id="resize">_x000D_
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  <div id="resizable">_x000D_
  </div>
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I have created a function that recieve an id of an html element and adds a border to it's right side the function is general and just recieves an id so you can copy it as it is and it will work

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var myoffset;_x000D_
function resizeE(elem){_x000D_
    var borderDiv = document.createElement("div");_x000D_
    borderDiv.className = "border";_x000D_
    borderDiv.addEventListener("mousedown",myresize = function myrsize(e) {_x000D_
     myoffset = e.clientX - (document.getElementById(elem).offsetLeft + parseInt(window.getComputedStyle(document.getElementById(elem)).getPropertyValue("width")));_x000D_
     window.addEventListener("mouseup",mouseUp);_x000D_
     document.addEventListener("mousemove",mouseMove = function mousMove(e) {_x000D_
      document.getElementById(elem).style.width = `${e.clientX -  myoffset - document.getElementById(elem).offsetLeft}px`;_x000D_
  });_x000D_
 });_x000D_
    document.getElementById(elem).appendChild(borderDiv);_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
function mouseUp() {_x000D_
    document.removeEventListener("mousemove", mouseMove);_x000D_
    window.removeEventListener("mouseup",mouseUp);_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
function load() _x000D_
{_x000D_
 resizeE("resizeableDiv");_x000D_
 resizeE("anotherresizeableDiv");_x000D_
  resizeE("anotherresizeableDiv1");_x000D_
}
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.border {_x000D_
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  position: absolute;_x000D_
  cursor: e-resize;_x000D_
  width: 9px;_x000D_
  right: -5px;_x000D_
  top: 0;_x000D_
  height: 100%;_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
#resizeableDiv {_x000D_
  width: 30vw;_x000D_
  height: 30vh;_x000D_
  background-color: #84f4c6;_x000D_
  position: relative;_x000D_
}_x000D_
#anotherresizeableDiv {_x000D_
  width: 30vw;_x000D_
  height: 30vh;_x000D_
  background-color: #9394f4;_x000D_
  position: relative;_x000D_
}_x000D_
#anotherresizeableDiv1 {_x000D_
  width: 30vw;_x000D_
  height: 30vh;_x000D_
  background-color: #43f4f4;_x000D_
  position: relative;_x000D_
}_x000D_
#anotherresizeableDiv1 .border{_x000D_
  background-color: black;_x000D_
}_x000D_
#anotherresizeableDiv .border{_x000D_
  width: 30px;_x000D_
  right: -200px;_x000D_
  background-color: green;_x000D_
}
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<body onload="load()">_x000D_
_x000D_
  <div id="resizeableDiv">change my size with the east border</div>_x000D_
  <div id="anotherresizeableDiv1">with visible border</div>_x000D_
</body>_x000D_
  <div id="anotherresizeableDiv">with editted outside border</div>_x000D_
</body>
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resizeE("resizeableDiv"); //this calls a function that does the magic to the id inserted

Is simple:

Example:https://jsfiddle.net/RainStudios/mw786v1w/

var element = document.getElementById('element');
//create box in bottom-left
var resizer = document.createElement('div');
resizer.style.width = '10px';
resizer.style.height = '10px';
resizer.style.background = 'red';
resizer.style.position = 'absolute';
resizer.style.right = 0;
resizer.style.bottom = 0;
resizer.style.cursor = 'se-resize';
//Append Child to Element
element.appendChild(resizer);
//box function onmousemove
resizer.addEventListener('mousedown', initResize, false);

//Window funtion mousemove & mouseup
function initResize(e) {
   window.addEventListener('mousemove', Resize, false);
   window.addEventListener('mouseup', stopResize, false);
}
//resize the element
function Resize(e) {
   element.style.width = (e.clientX - element.offsetLeft) + 'px';
   element.style.height = (e.clientY - element.offsetTop) + 'px';
}
//on mouseup remove windows functions mousemove & mouseup
function stopResize(e) {
    window.removeEventListener('mousemove', Resize, false);
    window.removeEventListener('mouseup', stopResize, false);
}

There are very good examples here to start trying with, but all of them are based on adding some extra or external element like a "div" as a reference element to drag it, and calculate the new dimensions or position of the original element.

Here's an example that doesn't use any extra elements. We could add borders, padding or margin without affecting its operation. In this example we have not added color, nor any visual reference to the borders nor to the lower right corner as a clue where you can enlarge or reduce dimensions, but using the cursor around the resizable elements the clues appears!

let resizerForCenter = new Resizer('center')  
resizerForCenter.initResizer()

See it in action with CodeSandbox:

In this example we use ES6, and a module that exports a class called Resizer. An example is worth a thousand words:

Edit boring-snow-qz1sd

Or with the code snippet:

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const html = document.querySelector('html')_x000D_
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class Resizer {_x000D_
 constructor(elemId) {_x000D_
  this._elem = document.getElementById(elemId)_x000D_
  /**_x000D_
   * Stored binded context handlers for method passed to eventListeners!_x000D_
   * _x000D_
   * See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9720927/removing-event-listeners-as-class-prototype-functions_x000D_
   */_x000D_
  this._checkBorderHandler = this._checkBorder.bind(this)_x000D_
  this._doResizeHandler  = this._doResize.bind(this)_x000D_
  this._initResizerHandler = this.initResizer.bind(this)_x000D_
  this._onResizeHandler  = this._onResize.bind(this)_x000D_
 }_x000D_
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 initResizer() {_x000D_
  this.stopResizer()_x000D_
  this._beginResizer()_x000D_
 }_x000D_
_x000D_
 _beginResizer() {_x000D_
  this._elem.addEventListener('mousemove', this._checkBorderHandler, false)_x000D_
 }_x000D_
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 stopResizer() {_x000D_
  html.style.cursor = 'default'_x000D_
  this._elem.style.cursor = 'default'_x000D_
  _x000D_
  window.removeEventListener('mousemove', this._doResizeHandler, false)_x000D_
  window.removeEventListener('mouseup', this._initResizerHandler, false)_x000D_
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  this._elem.removeEventListener('mousedown', this._onResizeHandler, false)_x000D_
  this._elem.removeEventListener('mousemove', this._checkBorderHandler, false)_x000D_
 }_x000D_
_x000D_
 _doResize(e) {_x000D_
  let elem = this._elem_x000D_
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  let boxSizing = getComputedStyle(elem).boxSizing_x000D_
  let borderRight = 0_x000D_
  let borderLeft = 0_x000D_
  let borderTop = 0_x000D_
  let borderBottom = 0_x000D_
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  let paddingRight = 0_x000D_
  let paddingLeft = 0_x000D_
  let paddingTop = 0_x000D_
  let paddingBottom = 0_x000D_
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  switch (boxSizing) {_x000D_
   case 'content-box':_x000D_
     paddingRight = parseInt(getComputedStyle(elem).paddingRight)_x000D_
     paddingLeft = parseInt(getComputedStyle(elem).paddingLeft)_x000D_
     paddingTop = parseInt(getComputedStyle(elem).paddingTop)_x000D_
     paddingBottom = parseInt(getComputedStyle(elem).paddingBottom)_x000D_
    break_x000D_
   case 'border-box':_x000D_
     borderRight = parseInt(getComputedStyle(elem).borderRight)_x000D_
     borderLeft = parseInt(getComputedStyle(elem).borderLeft)_x000D_
     borderTop = parseInt(getComputedStyle(elem).borderTop)_x000D_
     borderBottom = parseInt(getComputedStyle(elem).borderBottom)_x000D_
    break_x000D_
   default: break_x000D_
  }_x000D_
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  let horizontalAdjustment = (paddingRight + paddingLeft) - (borderRight + borderLeft)_x000D_
  let verticalAdjustment  = (paddingTop + paddingBottom) - (borderTop + borderBottom)_x000D_
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  let newWidth = elem.clientWidth  + e.movementX - horizontalAdjustment + 'px'_x000D_
  let newHeight = elem.clientHeight + e.movementY - verticalAdjustment   + 'px'_x000D_
  _x000D_
  let cursorType = getComputedStyle(elem).cursor_x000D_
  switch (cursorType) {_x000D_
   case 'all-scroll':_x000D_
     elem.style.width = newWidth_x000D_
     elem.style.height = newHeight_x000D_
    break_x000D_
   case 'col-resize':_x000D_
     elem.style.width = newWidth_x000D_
    break_x000D_
   case 'row-resize':_x000D_
     elem.style.height = newHeight_x000D_
    break_x000D_
   default: break_x000D_
  }_x000D_
 }_x000D_
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 _onResize(e) {_x000D_
  // On resizing state!_x000D_
  let elem = e.target_x000D_
  let newCursorType = undefined_x000D_
  let cursorType = getComputedStyle(elem).cursor_x000D_
  switch (cursorType) {_x000D_
   case 'nwse-resize':_x000D_
    newCursorType = 'all-scroll'_x000D_
    break_x000D_
   case 'ew-resize':_x000D_
    newCursorType = 'col-resize'_x000D_
    break_x000D_
   case 'ns-resize':_x000D_
    newCursorType = 'row-resize'_x000D_
    break_x000D_
   default: break_x000D_
  }_x000D_
  _x000D_
  html.style.cursor = newCursorType // Avoid cursor's flickering _x000D_
  elem.style.cursor = newCursorType_x000D_
  _x000D_
  // Remove what is not necessary, and could have side effects!_x000D_
  elem.removeEventListener('mousemove', this._checkBorderHandler, false);_x000D_
  _x000D_
  // Events on resizing state_x000D_
  /**_x000D_
   * We do not apply the mousemove event on the elem to resize it, but to the window to prevent the mousemove from slippe out of the elem to resize. This work bc we calculate things based on the mouse position_x000D_
   */_x000D_
  window.addEventListener('mousemove', this._doResizeHandler, false);_x000D_
  window.addEventListener('mouseup', this._initResizerHandler, false);_x000D_
 }_x000D_
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 _checkBorder(e) {_x000D_
  const elem = e.target_x000D_
  const borderSensitivity = 5_x000D_
  const coor = getCoordenatesCursor(e)_x000D_
  const onRightBorder  = ((coor.x + borderSensitivity) > elem.scrollWidth)_x000D_
  const onBottomBorder = ((coor.y + borderSensitivity) > elem.scrollHeight)_x000D_
  const onBottomRightCorner = (onRightBorder && onBottomBorder)_x000D_
  _x000D_
  if (onBottomRightCorner) {_x000D_
   elem.style.cursor = 'nwse-resize'_x000D_
  } else if (onRightBorder) {_x000D_
   elem.style.cursor = 'ew-resize'_x000D_
  } else if (onBottomBorder) {_x000D_
   elem.style.cursor = 'ns-resize'_x000D_
  } else {_x000D_
   elem.style.cursor = 'auto'_x000D_
  }_x000D_
  _x000D_
  if (onRightBorder || onBottomBorder) {_x000D_
   elem.addEventListener('mousedown', this._onResizeHandler, false)_x000D_
  } else {_x000D_
   elem.removeEventListener('mousedown', this._onResizeHandler, false)_x000D_
  }_x000D_
 }_x000D_
}_x000D_
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function getCoordenatesCursor(e) {_x000D_
 let elem = e.target;_x000D_
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 // Get the Viewport-relative coordinates of cursor._x000D_
 let viewportX = e.clientX_x000D_
 let viewportY = e.clientY_x000D_
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 // Viewport-relative position of the target element._x000D_
 let elemRectangle = elem.getBoundingClientRect()_x000D_
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 // The  function returns the largest integer less than or equal to a given number._x000D_
 let x = Math.floor(viewportX - elemRectangle.left) // - elem.scrollWidth_x000D_
 let y = Math.floor(viewportY - elemRectangle.top) // - elem.scrollHeight_x000D_
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 return {x, y}_x000D_
}_x000D_
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let resizerForCenter = new Resizer('center')_x000D_
resizerForCenter.initResizer()_x000D_
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let resizerForLeft = new Resizer('left')_x000D_
resizerForLeft.initResizer()_x000D_
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setTimeout(handler, 10000, true); // 10s_x000D_
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function handler() {_x000D_
  resizerForCenter.stopResizer()_x000D_
}
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body {_x000D_
 background-color: white;_x000D_
}_x000D_
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#wrapper div {_x000D_
 /* box-sizing: border-box; */_x000D_
 position: relative;_x000D_
 float:left;_x000D_
 overflow: hidden;_x000D_
 height: 50px;_x000D_
 width: 50px;_x000D_
 padding: 3px;_x000D_
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