# Is it possible to dynamically resize a window?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-dynamically-resize-a-window/12545>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 11, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-dynamically-resize-a-window/12545 "2017-01-11T15:44:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bob/32/16899_2.png) [@Bob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bob)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-dynamically-resize-a-window/12545/1 "2017-01-11T15:44:36Z")

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I am wondering if it is possible to dynamically resize a window?

(Using Ignition 7.6.4)

I have the following script in a Toggle Button mouseClicked event. The button is on the form I wish to resize:

`window = system.gui.getParentWindow(event)
system.gui.resizeComponent(window, 354, 288)`  
But the above script results in the exception: “Component is not in a standard container”.

Thanks for any ideas.

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**Author:** ![todd.be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@todd.be](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/todd.be)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-dynamically-resize-a-window/12545/2 "2017-01-11T17:45:49Z")

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you can just use size attribute which is complex data type.

Not great code but example.

```auto
		window = system.gui.getParentWindow(event)
		size = window.size
		maxSize = window.maximumSize
		size.height = window.minimumSize.height + calculation
		size.width = window.minimumSize.width + calculation
		if window.size.width != size.width:
			window.size = size
```

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**Author:** ![Bob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bob/32/16899_2.png) [@Bob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bob)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-dynamically-resize-a-window/12545/3 "2017-01-11T18:05:45Z")

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Works great!

Thank you todd.be!