get the width of an auto ID

[fredes65]

I have a DIV style thats width is set to auto.

Can I get the width of the div through javascript?

Ive tried everything I know

cheers
fred

 

[Trevman]

I beleive DOM 1 or 2 supports a method called getComputedStyle that will grab the value of a css property. I know Netscape 6.x supports almost all of this feature...don't know about IE tho.

check out the DOM spec on the w3's site...

http://www.w3.org

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[UNIMENT]

Just use

document.getElementById('myDiv').offsetWidth;

In Netscape 4, use

document.layers['myDiv'].clip.width;