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Created January 29, 2012 14:53
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js: Calculate width of text inside a container
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function textWidth(text){
var calc = '<span style="display:none">' + text + '</span>';
$('body').append(calc);
var width = $('body').find('span:last').width();
$('body').find('span:last').remove();
return width;
};
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pepebe commented Jan 29, 2012

I've picked that one up at stack overflow. Unfortunately I can't find the source anymore.

Thanks to the unknown author.

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