GianCarlo, >Hi. >The problem is with this newsticker i'm building for an intranet app >@work: >http://www.gcmingati.net/wordpress/wp- >content/lab/jquery/newsticker/beta/ticker-absolute.html > >This ticker works, but i have to make two prototypes: >one with fading . done >one with continuous scrolling from right to left. not done (also it's >really "old-fashion" i prefer the phading one) > >Follow me with this: if i get the data from the XML file, i wrap >everything (date in a span) and text (clickable, hence into an A tag) >in a very long P (paragraph, block element) and then move (animate) >that P from right to left and again as i reach an 'endpoint' it should >work. If only i could get the total amount of pixel of such P.... >That's why i need the TOTAL width of my P even if i'm only 'seeing' >650 px of it. >Get it? >.width() does not work. it always returns the visible area. wich is >not good for my 'experiment'.
You need to set the "p" element to "display: inline". That should allow you to get the actual length. Also, I'd probably use <div /> tags instead of paragraph tags. Regardless of what tag you use, it'll need to have an inline display model. So if it's a block style tag, you'll need to manually make it an inline element. -Dan
