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From: August Karlstrom on 2 Apr 2010 12:45
Thomas Allen wrote:
[...]
> Perhaps your script that measures the element is executing before the
> external CSS has finished loading, or is applied to the element in
> question? That may explain why your <style> version works as expected,
> should that tag occur in the document before your script (as a rule of
> thumb, and not for scripting reasons, I and others recommend loading
> scripts after stylesheets).

Thanks for your suggestions. I found out what the problem was and my
conclusion was wrong. In the code I dynamically add a class to the
parent element of the span element but I did that after getting the span
width when I of course should add the class before getting the width.
Silly me.


August
From: August Karlstrom on 2 Apr 2010 12:51
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> August Karlstrom wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to get the width of a span element (with [offsetWidth]) but the
>> browser does not take the font size setting in an external stylesheet
>> into account. If I add the font size setting directly to the HTML
>> document (in a style element or inline) I get the correct value. Any
>> ideas?
>
> ISTM you have a CSS problem, not a script/DOM problem.

Thanks for the input. Well it turned out to be a script problem but my
conclusion was wrong (see my reply to Thomas Allen).


August
From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn on 2 Apr 2010 13:35
August Karlstrom wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> August Karlstrom wrote:
>>> I'm trying to get the width of a span element (with [offsetWidth]) but
>>> the browser does not take the font size setting in an external
>>> stylesheet into account. If I add the font size setting directly to the
>>> HTML document (in a style element or inline) I get the correct value.
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> ISTM you have a CSS problem, not a script/DOM problem.
>
> Thanks for the input. Well it turned out to be a script problem but my
> conclusion was wrong (see my reply to Thomas Allen).

I'd say it was both :) The actual width could not be that which you
expected (script problem) as there was no stylesheet to apply to the element
(CSS problem) which was caused by your not adding the class reference
beforehand (script problem).

You're welcome.


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