    element.resize(width, height [, opt])

Resize an element in place so that the "scalable" group has width `width` and height `height`. In place in this case means that the top-left corner of the element stays at the same position after resizing. In other words, the element is streched to the bottom/right (by default). To change the direction of resizing, set `opt.direction` to one of `'left'`, `'right'`, `'top'`, `'bottom'`, `'top-right'`, `'top-left'`, `'bottom-left'` or `'bottom-right'` (the default).

There is a difference between a classical scale and resize operations. `resize` doesn't actually scale the whole SVG `<g>` element grouping all its subelements. It only scales subelements of the `<g class"scalable"/>` group. This is very useful and brings a lot of flexibility in defining which subelements should be scaled and which not. Imagine a simple rectangle element with text inside. Usually, when we resize the whole element, we expect the rectangle to get scaled while the text should stay the same size, only its position should be adjusted so that the text stays in the center of the rectangle. This can be easilly achieved by adding the `<rect/>` element to the `<g class"scalable"/>` group in the markup and positioning the text subelement relatively to the `<rect />` element: `<text ref-x=".5" ref-y=".5" ref="rect" />`. Note that neither of `ref-x, ref-y and ref` attributes is an SVG standard attribute. These are special attributes introduced by JointJS. More on these in the section on Special attributes.