[jQuery] Re: How to dynamically size an ?

[Charlie]

if contents are text just use css, not likely a need for scripting this li { float: left; width: 25%; text-align: center} wrap contents in another tag if you want to visually separate borders, backgrounds etc Brian wrote: What I Have: I have a bunch of inline blocks next to each other like such: _[A]_[B]_[C] _[D]_ Key: _ = margin [letter] = box element, <li> in my case Question: How do I make it so that the margins on the left and right side of my <li>'s determine the <li>'s width? So, in other words, I am looking for each box element to have a uniform width (so A, B, C, D will all have the same width value), but I would like the margins to in fact determine this value...? Basically, I suppose I am more or less setting barricades outside of the box models (margins) and having the padding fill-in the remaining amounts, equally for all 4 boxes... In effect, I would like these <li>'s to stretch the width of a larger container (box), so that their width value is maximized, but nonetheless conforms to the margins... Hope this makes sense. I am new to jQuery, how would I go about coding this up?