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Asked: 2026-05-26T04:27:38+00:00

<div style=width: 50px;> <div id=theElement style=position: relative; left 25px;>textMuchLongerThan50[</div> </div> document.getElementById(theElement).clientWidth always returns 50,

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<div style="width: 50px;">
  <div id="theElement" style="position: relative; left 25px;">textMuchLongerThan50[</div>
</div>

document.getElementById(“theElement”).clientWidth always returns 50, which is width of the parent element, while it is obvious the element’s content is much wider

(The element itself actually has this width, but I need to know its “natural” width, i.e. width of its content.)

Experiencing this behaviour in Chrome and IE. If anoyne knew how to determine the actual dimensions of a relatively positioned DIV residing in another DIV with pre-set/limited width…?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You are interested in scrollWidth: Example

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