diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a0fa25aa9..184a5554ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [8.2.3] - Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+
+- Reduce lag when resizing window, by moving resize from idle to a timer
+
 ## [8.2.2] - 2026-04-03
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/textual/app.py b/src/textual/app.py
index 58ddb65cea..4f034ab1af 100644
--- a/src/textual/app.py
+++ b/src/textual/app.py
@@ -876,6 +876,9 @@ def __init__(
                     )
                 )
 
+        self._resize_timer: Timer | None = None
+        """Timer used to invoke screen resize."""
+
     def get_line_filters(self) -> Sequence[LineFilter]:
         """Get currently enabled line filters.
 
@@ -4310,8 +4313,16 @@ async def _on_key(self, event: events.Key) -> None:
 
     async def _on_resize(self, event: events.Resize) -> None:
         event.stop()
-        self._size = event.size
         self._resize_event = event
+        if self._size is None:
+            self._size = event.size
+            self._check_resize()
+            return
+        if self._size == event.size:
+            return
+        self._size = event.size
+        if self._resize_timer is None:
+            self._resize_timer = self.set_timer(1 / 120, self._check_resize)
 
     async def _on_app_focus(self, event: events.AppFocus) -> None:
         """App has focus."""
@@ -4978,9 +4989,20 @@ def _on_in_band_window_resize(self, message: messages.InBandWindowResize) -> Non
         self.log.debug(message)
 
     def _on_idle(self) -> None:
-        """Send app resize events on idle, so we don't do more resizing that necessary."""
+        if self._resize_event is not None and self._resize_timer is None:
+            self._check_resize()
+
+    def _check_resize(self) -> None:
+        """Send a resize event to screen(s) (invoked from `self._resize_timer`)."""
         event = self._resize_event
+        if self._resize_timer is not None:
+            self._resize_timer.stop()
+            self._resize_timer = None
         if event is not None:
+            try:
+                self.screen
+            except ScreenError:
+                return
             self._resize_event = None
             self.screen.post_message(event)
             for screen in self._background_screens: