Awesome... working nicely. Thanks Abel, I thought I had already tried that combo but obviously not. Can't wait till JQuery gets easier.
Abel Tamayo wrote: > You don't need to use a function for that, just do: > > $("#element").width( $("body").width() ); > > as $("body").width() returns a value that is used by > $("#element").width( ... ). If you still have problems, debug it with > Firebug's <http://getfirebug.com> console part by part and check if you > are getting strings from those functions when you need integers and > things like that. > > Abel. > > On 3/17/07, * [ForaysForYou] Commissary* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > hello all, > > I'm very new to JQuery and I'm struggling, I've gone through the > documentation and I'm still clueless. I am trying to do the following: > > Each time the browser window gets resized I want to measure the > width of > the body and use that value to set the width of an element. Here is my > best attempt (I know this is wrong): > > $("#element").width(function() { $("body").width(); } ); > > Should I be using variables to store the value? I think I need to use a > callback but I can't figure it out. > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com <mailto:discuss@jquery.com> > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/