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standard way to get the width of an element

Hello,
I am looking for a cross browser way (IE, Firefox, Safari) of
getting the screen width, in pixels, of an element on my page. I am
interested in the "navImg" table cell. Here is a snippet of code:

<tr>

<td style="width:45 px; height:38px;" id="navImg" name="navImg">< img
src="images/NAV_07.gif" alt="" border="0"></td>

How would I use JS to get this width? (I can't just use 45 as a
hard-coded value, because I may be going in and changing this table
cell).

Thanks, - Dave

Oct 18 '05 #1
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la***********@z ipmail.com wrote:
I am looking for a cross browser way (IE, Firefox, Safari) of
getting the screen width, in pixels, of an element on my page.


element.offsetW idth

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Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
Oct 18 '05 #2
la***********@z ipmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I am looking for a cross browser way (IE, Firefox, Safari) of
getting the screen width, in pixels, of an element on my page. I am
interested in the "navImg" table cell. Here is a snippet of code:

<tr>

<td style="width:45 px; height:38px;" id="navImg" name="navImg">< img
src="images/NAV_07.gif" alt="" border="0"></td>

How would I use JS to get this width? (I can't just use 45 as a
hard-coded value, because I may be going in and changing this table
cell).

Thanks, - Dave


In regard to cross-browser-nes, usefull stuff is located here:

<URL:http://www.quirksmode. org/viewport/compatibility.h tml>
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Rob
Oct 19 '05 #3

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