Hi,

I have a div (div1) with no width specified as it contains dynaic data and expands to fit the data in.

I want to place another div (div2) beside it to the right - so on the same y pos as div1 but the x pos = (div1 width) + 5px

how do you access the div width of div1

div = document.getElementById(id)
divWidth = div.style.width;

doesn't return anything as the width element is dynmaic.....
But there must be a way...

Answer:

function getDivWidth(id)
{

        range = document.body.createTextRange();
        Div = document.getElementById("id");

        range.moveToElementText(Div);

        alert(range.boundingWidth);
}

I believe you can also use offsetWidth or the clientWidth.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)