Padding or margin value in pixels as integer using jQuery

Question

jQuery has height() en width() functions that returns the height or width in pixels as integer...

How can I get a padding or margin value of an element in p

Answer 1

You can just grab them as with any CSS attribute:

alert($("#mybox").css("padding-right"));
alert($("#mybox").css("margin-bottom"));

You can set them with a second attribute in the css method:

$("#mybox").css("padding-right", "20px");

EDIT: If you need just the pixel value, use parseInt(val, 10):

parseInt($("#mybox").css("padding-right", "20px"), 10);