Awesome... working nicely. Thanks Abel, I thought I had already tried
that combo but obviously not. Can't wait till JQuery gets easier.
Abel Tamayo wrote:
> You don't need to use a function for that, just do:
>
> $("#element").width( $("body").width() );
>
> as $("body").width() returns a value that is used by
> $("#element").width( ... ). If you still have problems, debug it with
> Firebug's <http://getfirebug.com> console part by part and check if you
> are getting strings from those functions when you need integers and
> things like that.
>
> Abel.
>
> On 3/17/07, * [ForaysForYou] Commissary* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> hello all,
>
> I'm very new to JQuery and I'm struggling, I've gone through the
> documentation and I'm still clueless. I am trying to do the following:
>
> Each time the browser window gets resized I want to measure the
> width of
> the body and use that value to set the width of an element. Here is my
> best attempt (I know this is wrong):
>
> $("#element").width(function() { $("body").width(); } );
>
> Should I be using variables to store the value? I think I need to use a
> callback but I can't figure it out.
>
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