http://docs.jquery.com/CSS/width
$("ul.AspNet-Menu").width($("body").width());
On Nov 8, 7:18 pm, john6630 <john6...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I want to read the body width when a page loads and set an element's
> width to the same width. The reason I want to do this is that the page
> is generated programmatically. Alternatively I can have the program
> set the width value to a constant but in any case, I believe I need to
> do this when the page is loaded versus a CSS file that is not created
> by the form generator.
>
> Here is what I have tried:
>
> <style type="text/css">
> body
> {
> margin: 0 auto;
> width: 430px;
> }
> </style>
>
> <script type="text/javascript" src="~/JavaScript/
> jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> $(document).ready(function(){
> $("ul.AspNet-Menu").width() = $("body").width();
> });
> </script>
>
> Note: my program that creates the page sets the body width. So I could
> replace the code with
> $("ul.AspNet-Menu").width() = "430px";
>
> TIA,
> John
