How to wait for the 'end' of 'resize' event and only then perform an action?

Question

So I currently use something like:

$(window).resize(function(){resizedw();});

But this gets called many times while resizing process goes o

Answer 1

(function(){
    var special = jQuery.event.special,
        uid1 = 'D' + (+new Date()),
        uid2 = 'D' + (+new Date() + 1);

    special.resizestart = {
        setup: function() {
            var timer,
                handler =  function(evt) {
                    var _self = this,
                        _args = arguments;
                    if (timer) {
                        clearTimeout(timer);
                    } else {
                        evt.type = 'resizestart';
                        jQuery.event.handle.apply(_self, _args);
                    }

                    timer = setTimeout( function(){
                        timer = null;
                    }, special.resizestop.latency);
                };
            jQuery(this).bind('resize', handler).data(uid1, handler);
        },
        teardown: function(){
            jQuery(this).unbind( 'resize', jQuery(this).data(uid1) );
        }
    };

    special.resizestop = {
        latency: 200,
        setup: function() {
            var timer,
                handler = function(evt) {
                    var _self = this,
                        _args = arguments;
                    if (timer) {
                        clearTimeout(timer);
                    }
                    timer = setTimeout( function(){
                        timer = null;
                        evt.type = 'resizestop';
                        jQuery.event.handle.apply(_self, _args);
                    }, special.resizestop.latency);
                };

            jQuery(this).bind('resize', handler).data(uid2, handler);
        },
        teardown: function() {
            jQuery(this).unbind( 'resize', jQuery(this).data(uid2) );
        }
    };
})();

$(window).bind('resizestop',function(){
    //...
});