jQuery width() method performance

Question

I\'m a jQuery noob trying to track down a performance issue that we\'re having with large tables. We have a homegrown table widget which, among other things, sets the colum

Answer 1

Use .css("width") instead of .width(), changes were made to the .width() method that make it perform slower. Read this for more information: http://blog.jquery.com/2012/08/16/jquery-1-8-box-sizing-width-csswidth-and-outerwidth/

var commonWidth = Math.max(
  Math.min(parseFloat(headerTd.css("width")), 100),
  dataTd.width()
);