Span is an inline element and cannot have a width applied to it, unless you display it as a block, which would sort of defeat the purpose of having it inline.
-----Original Message----- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nmiddleweek Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 9:46 AM To: jQuery (English) Subject: [jQuery] span tag is width:80px but is only showing the width of contents? Hello, I've got a SPAN tag which is set to 80px... <span style="width:80px; background-color:#00FF00;">A</span> The contents of the SPAN is a single character and when rendered on screen, the green SPAN is showing as only approx 15 pixels in width. How can I force the width to be 80px? Thanks, Nick
