noticed a couple typos in the old snippets i pasted... i put working
code in a pastie here:
http://pastie.caboo.se/52199


On Apr 6, 9:31 am, "sliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As an update... i added a lil bit of code to check the inner elements
> dimensoins using:
>
> $('debug').immediateDescendants().each( function(el) {
>         var dimE = el.getDimensions();
>         $('debugLog').update($('debugLog').innerHTML + '<br>height: ' +
> dimE.height + ' width: ' + dimE.width);
>
> });
>
> and it accurately returns the size of those elements... is it
> something do to with css?
>
> On Apr 6, 8:57 am, "sliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ive posted this before, but unfortunately I still have yet to resolve
> > it after numerous attempts...
>
> > Here is the overview: populate a container element with some new html
> > using Element.update and then retrieve the new dimensions of the
> > containig element.
>
> > Here is a bit of code snippet that I would think should work.. but
> > doesn't:
>
> > ==== start snippet ====
> > <style>
> > .bigBox {
> >         height: 100px;
> >         width: 200px;
>
> > }
>
> > </style>
>
> > <script>
> > var content = '<span class="bigbox">hello world</span>';
> > $('debug').update(content);
> > var dim = $('debug').getDimensions();
> > $('debugLog').update('height: ' + dim.height + ' width: ' +
> > dim.width);
> > </script>
> > </head>
> > <body>
> > <span id="debugLog"></span>
> > <span id="debug"></span>
>
> > ==== end snippet ====
>
> > The results returned are consistently:
>
> > mac firefox: height: 14 width: 0
> > mac safari: height: 17 width: 0
>
> > Ive tried setting a timeout by suggestion, which had no effect...
> > anyone have any ideas?


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