Calculating text width

Question

I\'m trying to calculate text width using jQuery. I\'m not sure what, but I am definitely doing something wrong.

So, here is the code:

var c = $(\'.c         


        

Answer 1

Sometimes you also need to measure additionally height and not only text, but also HTML width. I took @philfreo answer and made it more flexbile and useful:

function htmlDimensions(html, font) {
  if (!htmlDimensions.dummyEl) {
    htmlDimensions.dummyEl = $('
').hide().appendTo(document.body);
  }
  htmlDimensions.dummyEl.html(html).css('font', font);
  return {
    height: htmlDimensions.dummyEl.height(),
    width: htmlDimensions.dummyEl.width()
  };
}