Question

I have defined min-width for div elements (float:left). I set their actual width from JavaScript based on window size using $('div.element').css('width','123')

This arrangement works well most of the time but breaks when the browser introduces a vertical scroll-bar, resizing the elements to less than min-width.

Can the elements be re-sized to less than min-width from JavaScript by changing just their width?

Answer 1

You should not be able to change an element’s width to less than its specified min-width value. Here is a jsfiddle showing how this works, click on the divs to see their width after having it set in JavaScript: http://jsfiddle.net/jasper/sPen2/1/