Ah right, ok... Cheers for the replies...
I'm guessing applying display:block is the same as just making it a DIV? On Nov 7, 3:48 pm, "Andy Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
