A newer standard for this is the Resize Observer api, with good browser support.
function outputsize() {
width.value = textbox.offsetWidth
height.value = textbox.offsetHeight
}
outputsize()
new ResizeObserver(outputsize).observe(textbox)Width: <output id="width">0</output><br>
Height: <output id="height">0</output><br>
<textarea id="textbox">Resize me</textarea><br>Resize Observer
Documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Resize_Observer_API
Spec: https://wicg.github.io/ResizeObserver
Current Support: http://caniuse.com/#feat=resizeobserver
Polyfills: https://github.com/pelotoncycle/resize-observer
https://github.com/que-etc/resize-observer-polyfill
https://github.com/juggle/resize-observer