GianCarlo, >hi Dan thanks it seems a 'fundamental' tip. >i'll try that tomorrow. >i've noticed tho that jquery applies an inline style of display:block >to elements phaded or moved with the .animate method. am i right? >could be a 'problem?' >gc.
Some effects do change the display to block. However, you should only need to get the width calculation once. If you get it before apply the effect, you should be ok. -Dan