Getting the width of an html element in percent % with jQuery

Question

If I alert the element which has a css selector set to width:100% I get it's with in px, is there some way to get it in % as set from css, I need it to fix some script with fluid layouts.

// css
.my-element {
    width:100%;
}

// javascript
alert('width: '+$('.my-element').css('width'));
// this alerts "width: 1116px" instead of "width: 100%"

Maybe something like this is always true?

alert($('.my-element').outerWidth() == $('.my-element').parent().outerWidth());

There is a plugin which I forgot it's name that read css properties from the `css` file... :( — gdoron is supporting Monica, May 16 '12 at 18:23
interesting! I never thought to need the with in `%` I think this should a useful feature for fluid layouts. — vitto, May 16 '12 at 18:27

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '12 at 18:41

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function percentwidth(elem){
    var pa= elem.offsetParent || elem;
    return ((elem.offsetWidth/pa.offsetWidth)*100).toFixed(2)+'%';
}

answered May 16 '12 at 18:41

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Adil · Answer 2 · 2013-07-18T13:57:22.993

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You can get the width in percentage by two methods.

Live Demo

With jQuery use jQuery 1.3.2 and you will get 100%.

alert($('.my-element').css('width'));

With javascript by setting width in style attribute of the tag like this

<div id="div2" style="width:100%"></div>

div2 = document.getElementById('div2');

alert("Width of div2 with style = " + div2.style.width);

edited Jul 18 '13 at 13:57

answered May 16 '12 at 18:57

Adil

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This has changed prior to jQuery 1.6.4! The second alert works, though. – Yanick Rochon Feb 06 '14 at 04:02
Thanks @SakthiKarthik – Adil Jun 17 '15 at 07:13

score -1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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Is it possible to use jQuery to get the width of an element in percent or pixels, based on what the developer specified with CSS?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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answered May 16 '12 at 18:22

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How does it answer the question? – gdoron is supporting Monica May 16 '12 at 18:23
This only works if the element doesn't have a parent element with a width itself, wich is what the question is all about I think. – Leo May 16 '12 at 18:24
this is not always true, for example if I have `.my-element` wrapped inside another with a different width from the document. – vitto May 16 '12 at 18:25
if your parent div is 300px and your inner element is 100% both are 300px isn't it? – Mike Boutin May 16 '12 at 18:27

Getting the width of an html element in percent % with jQuery

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