[Javascript] Measuring Element Dimension and Location

[Paul Novitski]

Thanks, Peter.  Although the surface information was what I'd already seen, 
you led me to this page that summarizes all the dimension properties in one 
neat diagram:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/om/measuring.asp

Paul



At 12:04 PM 2/11/2004, you wrote:

> >From a rather IE-centric viewpoint:
>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/wid
>th_2.asp
>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/off
>setwidth.asp
>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/pix
>elwidth.asp
>
>-Peter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
>[mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Novitski
>
>Dave,
>
>I can see your perspective and agree with it in certain contexts,
>although
>in other cases I want to delegate table-rendering to the browser -- I
>just
>want to be able to go in after the fact, read cell widths accurately,
>and
>tweak them programmatically.
>
>I'm still looking for illumination on the differences between the
>.width,
>.offsetWidth, and .pixelWidth values.  Can anyone explain or send me to
>a
>good resource?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul
>
>At 10:54 AM 2/11/2004, David Lovering wrote:
> >I am also of the "fixed" column width school. After all, it is the
> >variation between browsers that causes "creep" and border boundaries to
>
> >wiggle about when viewing tables of variable content.  Also, this
> >approach neatly dispenses with the ghastly "splines" that packages like
>
> >Fireworks/FrontPage churn out, requiring literally thousands of niggly
> >files to complete a web page.  (Ugh!)  The only caution I would care to
>
> >add is to make sure that the physical dimensions of an element are
> >sufficient to house the largest allowable content for it.  [This is
> >where validation can serve two purposes].
> >
> >-- Dave Lovering
>
>
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