using position:absolute to set an inputs width

Question

A simple yet annoying one - I am tryign to set an input[type=text] width by using absolute positioning (ie right:10px;left:10px) yet I cant get it to play ball.

Does

Answer 1

As Marco said, you simply cannot do it that way. If you don't know the width of the page, you'd have to use javascript to achieve that effect:

$('#myInput').css({ right: 10, position: 'absolute', width: $(document).width() - 20 })