The CSS Resize Property

Making CSS resize images and more

By using the CSS resize property, you can specify whether an element can be resized by the user:

div {
    resize: both;
    overflow: auto;
}

In addition to that, this property allows you to define the directions in which the element can be resized:

div {
    resize: vertical;
    overflow: hidden;  
}

Note: you cannot use resize on inline elements or block elements that have the overflow property set to visible.

Syntax requirements for CSS resize

The syntax for the resize CSS property requires you to choose and define one out of four available values:

resize: value;

In the example below, you can see how to make textarea not resizable by using the default value of CSS resize:

textarea {
    resize: none;
}

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CSS resize property values

Browser support

Chrome

1+

Edge

-

Firefox

4+

IE

-

Opera

12.1+

Safari

3+

Mobile browser support

Chrome

18+

Firefox

4+

Opera

-

Safari

-