How can I resize a DIV by dragging just ONE side of it?

Question

Let me be more specific... I don\'t want the DIV to resize WHILE I\'m dragging. I want to drag it out (and maybe a vertical line follows my cursor) and when I release, it re

Answer 1

There is a much simpler way to achieve this. CSS 3 has a resize property to make an html element resizeable, while following other CSS properties like min/max widths etc.

.resizeable {
  resize: both;
  overflow: auto;
  border: 2px solid black;
}

Answer 2

Have a look at this example

Html

<div id="sidebar">
     <span id="position"></span>
    <div id="dragbar"></div>
    sidebar
</div>
<div id="main">
    main
</div>

jquery

var dragging = false;
$('#dragbar').mousedown(function(e){
   e.preventDefault();

   dragging = true;
   var main = $('#main');
   var ghostbar = $('<div>',
                    {id:'ghostbar',
                     css: {
                            height: main.outerHeight(),
                            top: main.offset().top,
                            left: main.offset().left
                           }
                    }).appendTo('body');

    $(document).mousemove(function(e){
      ghostbar.css("left",e.pageX+2);
   });
});

$(document).mouseup(function(e){
   if (dragging) 
   {
       $('#sidebar').css("width",e.pageX+2);
       $('#main').css("left",e.pageX+2);
       $('#ghostbar').remove();
       $(document).unbind('mousemove');
       dragging = false;
   }
 });

Demo at http://jsfiddle.net/gaby/Bek9L/1779/

it is an alteration from the code i posted in Emulating frame-resize behavior with divs using jQuery without using jQuery UI?

Answer 3

I edited solution from the 1st comment but for vertical resizing of blocks

var i = 0;
var dragging = false;
   $('#dragbar').mousedown(function(e){
       e.preventDefault();
       
       dragging = true;
       var main = $('#main');
       var wrapper = $('#wrapper');
       var ghostbar = $('<div>',
                        {id:'ghostbar',
                         css: {
                                width: main.outerWidth(),
                           			top: e.pageY,
                                left: main.offset().left
                               }
                        }).appendTo('#wrapper');
       
        $(document).mousemove(function(e){
          ghostbar.css("top", (e.pageY + 2));
       });
       
    });

   $(document).mouseup(function(e){
       if (dragging) 
       {
           var percentage = ((e.pageY - $('#wrapper').offset().top) / $('#wrapper').height()) * 100;
           var mainPercentage = 100-percentage;  
           
           $('#sidebar').css("height",percentage + "%");
           $('#main').css("height",mainPercentage + "%");
           $('#ghostbar').remove();
           $(document).unbind('mousemove');
           dragging = false;
       }
    });

body,html{width:100%;height:100%;padding:0;margin:0;}
.clearfix:after {
    content: '';
    display: table;
    clear: both;
}
#wrapper {
  width: 600px;
  margin: 50px auto 0 auto;
  height: 300px;
  background: yellow;
}

#main{
   background-color: BurlyWood;
   height:40%;
    width: 100%;
    min-height: 30px;
   max-height: calc(100% - 30px);
}
#sidebar{
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-end;
   background-color: IndianRed;
   width:100%;
   height:60%;
   overflow-y: hidden;
   min-height: 30px;
   max-height: calc(100% - 30px);
}

#dragbar{
   background-color:black;
   height:3px;
   float: right;
   width: 100%;
   cursor: row-resize;
}
#ghostbar{
  width: 100%;
    height: 3px;
    background-color:#000;
    opacity:0.5;
    position:absolute;
    cursor: col-resize;
    z-index:999}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="clearfix" id="wrapper">
  <div id="sidebar">
       <span id="position"></span>
      <div id="dragbar"></div>
  </div>
  <div id="main">  </div>
</div>

Demo: jsfiddle