Get the scale value of an element?

Question

I\'m wondering how I can get the scale value of an element?

I have tried $(element).css(\'-webkit-transform\'); which returns matrix(scaleX,0,0,sc

Answer 1

Too late for the OP but might be useful in the future. There is a straightforward way to do it using splits:

function getTransformValue(element,property){       
        var values = element[0].style.webkitTransform.split(")");
        for (var key in values){
            var val = values[key];              
            var prop = val.split("(");          
            if (prop[0].trim() == property)
                return prop[1];
        }                   
        return false;           
    }

This is webkit specific, but can easily be extended for more browsers modifying the fist line.