If you're after the Css-defined width and height parameters of an element, it
seems to me you could just create the element and then do
$(elt).css("width") and $(elt).css("height").
If you're after the actual rendered size of an element, then one way I know
would work would be to set its display property to "none" (like others have
suggested; $(elt).css("display", "none")), and then use the Dimension plugin
to get its height and width.
Take care!
Sean
Gordon-35 wrote:
>
>
> I have found that in some applications I need to know the size or
> other CSS attributes of elements that haven't been inserted int othe
> DOM yet. So far I've been doing this by inserting an example of the
> element I need the size of into the DOM, selecting it, getting it's
> css() and then removing it again.
>
> I really don't like this approach in the least though, because while
> it works it's inelegant, computationally expensive and in some
> browsers it can cause flickering. The more elements you need to get
> parameters for, the more you need to add and to the DOM and the more
> flickering occurs. You can mitigate the flickering problem by making
> sure the elements you add to the dome have a css ('visibility',
> 'hidden') but that still leaves the other problems.
>
> So basically, what I'm wondering is, if there is a CSS rule that
> defines an element's parameters, and if no examples of said element
> exist in the DOM yet, would it be possible to get the parameters
> direct from the stylesheet?
>
>
>
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