Window.outerWidth

SummaryEdit

Window.outerWidth gets the width of the outside of the browser window. It represents the width of the whole browser window including sidebar (if expanded), window chrome and window resizing borders/handles.

This property is read-only; it has no default value.

SyntaxEdit

outWindowWidth = window.outerWidth;

On return, outWindowWidth is the width of the outside of the window.

NotesEdit

To change the size of a window, see window.resizeBy() and window.resizeTo().

To get the inner width of a window, i.e. the width of the page being displayed, see window.innerWidth.

Browser compatibilityEdit

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 1 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) 9 9 3

SpecificationEdit

Specification Status Comment
CSS Object Model (CSSOM) View Module
The definition of 'Window.outerWidth' in that specification.
Working Draft Initial definition.

See alsoEdit

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