How To Resize Firefox With Bookmarklet

Posted on June 17, 2009 by admin



Why you even want to resize Firefox window? if you have big screen you probably want to do this, or you if you web developer and you want to see how the site look like on different screen resolutions

 

Creating a Resizing Bookmarklet

Step 1

Right click on Bookmark Toolbar -> New Bookmark to launch the Bookmark dialog box.

Step 2

Insert the following into the box:

  • Name: Give a descriptive name if you are planning to add several bookmarklet.
  • Location: Place javascript:window.resizeTo(1024,768) into the textfield. change 1024 & 768 to create bookmarklet of another size.

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For example I’ve created several bookmarklet and placed them in new folder,with different screen resolutions.

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Clicking the bookmark will instantly resize your window. Also make sure JavaScript is enabled in the Firefox preferences.

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Comments (2)

 

  1. Matty says:

    Thanks, this is a nice share.

    For some of the online games I play, having a preset size can really help.

    Nice one :)

  2. shandyisme says:

    Nice tips, so far Firefox still my favourite browser, i will try this one. Thanks.