Question

How do I find the width of an element?

I have maxwidth set to 100px & width set to “auto”. I’m attempting to find its exact width dynamically which could be <100px.

I tried these options:
element.offSetWidth, element.style.width, created a region through Dom.getRegion & pulled width..

However, all the above options return 100px as width.

Any non-jquery based solution please?

-Vidi

Answer 1

offsetWidth really should work. Proof. Try resizing the “Result” window, and you’ll see the div update in size.

document.getElementById("id").offsetWidth;

Make sure you use offsetWidth, not offSetWidth (note capitalization).