Build jQuery UI Resizable - Constrain resize area in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to build jQuery UI Resizable - Constrain resize area.

Example


<!-- Revised from demo code on http://jqueryui.com/ -->
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Resizable - Constrain resize area</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<!--   w w w .  j a  v a2s  .  c om-->
<style>
#container { width: 300px; height: 300px; }
#container h3 { text-align: center; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; }
#resizable { background-position: top left; width: 150px; height: 150px; }
#resizable, #container { padding: 0.5em; }
</style>
<script>
$(function() {
$( "#resizable" ).resizable({
containment: "#container"
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div id="container" class="ui-widget-content">
<h3 class="ui-widget-header">Containment</h3>
<div id="resizable" class="ui-state-active">
<h3 class="ui-widget-header">Resizable</h3>
</div>
</div>

<div class="demo-description">
<p>Define the boundaries of the resizable area. Use the <code>containment</code> option to specify a parent DOM element or a jQuery selector, like 'document.'</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

Build jQuery UI Resizable - Constrain resize area in JavaScript