diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97dd75731a089ee0902469b77b7dec520b36887f..51c32f32628150a617d4e26313e117d2dcd615ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Note that since we don't clearly distinguish between a public and private interf
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 - Handle resizes of viewer element even when window remains the same size
+- Throttle canvas resize events
 - Selection toggle buttons hidden if selection mode is off
 - Camera focus loci bindings allow reset on click-away to be overridden
 - Input/controls improvements
diff --git a/src/mol-plugin/context.ts b/src/mol-plugin/context.ts
index 4288cc4ab640812f856e25eb46183a76ce730a37..aed2adfb8f2fd0e966e28e0f48193cda887e2c99 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin/context.ts
+++ b/src/mol-plugin/context.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import produce, { setAutoFreeze } from 'immer';
 import { List } from 'immutable';
 import { merge, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
-import { filter, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { debounceTime, filter, take, throttleTime } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Canvas3D, Canvas3DContext, DefaultCanvas3DParams } from '../mol-canvas3d/canvas3d';
 import { resizeCanvas } from '../mol-canvas3d/util';
 import { Vec2 } from '../mol-math/linear-algebra';
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ export class PluginContext {
             this.subs.push(this.canvas3d!.interaction.click.subscribe(e => this.behaviors.interaction.click.next(e)));
             this.subs.push(this.canvas3d!.interaction.drag.subscribe(e => this.behaviors.interaction.drag.next(e)));
             this.subs.push(this.canvas3d!.interaction.hover.subscribe(e => this.behaviors.interaction.hover.next(e)));
-            this.subs.push(this.canvas3d!.input.resize.subscribe(() => this.handleResize()));
+            this.subs.push(this.canvas3d!.input.resize.pipe(debounceTime(50), throttleTime(100, undefined, { leading: false, trailing: true })).subscribe(() => this.handleResize()));
             this.subs.push(this.canvas3d!.input.keyDown.subscribe(e => this.behaviors.interaction.key.next(e)));
             this.subs.push(this.layout.events.updated.subscribe(() => requestAnimationFrame(() => this.handleResize())));