get width of <li>

[glenelkins]

Hi

 

I have an unordered list like this

 

<ul>

    <li id="idname"><a href="">bla bla</a></li>

</ul>

 

here is my JS code...its not showing me the width of "idname"...help!! please lol

 

	// Get menu item left pos
	var currentEl = document.getElementById ( 'idname' );

	alert ( currentEl.getAttribute( "width" )  );

[KevinM1]

Hi

 

I have an unordered list like this

 

<ul>

    <li id="idname"><a href="">bla bla</a></li>

</ul>

 

here is my JS code...its not showing me the width of "idname"...help!! please lol

 

	// Get menu item left pos
	var currentEl = document.getElementById ( 'idname' );

	alert ( currentEl.getAttribute( "width" )  );

 

Does your <li> have a set width?  Because unless it's set, it'll just be the default width, which is slightly smaller than the width of the list's (<ul>) containing element.  I doubt this attribute would have a concrete number in terms of pixels, due to the way it's generated.

[glenelkins]

hi

 

the width is set in the CSS