Why not set s.diplay to 'block' instead of an empty string ? It
actually works for me (Safari 3+, Firefox 2+, IE 6+). But there may be
a trick I'm not aware of that explains this particuliar choice.
2008/10/27 Per Cederberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but that sort of code is already in
> getElementDimensions I think:
>
> if (disp == 'none' || disp == '' || typeof(disp) == 'undefined') {
> var s = elem.style;
> var originalVisibility = s.visibility;
> var originalPosition = s.position;
> var originalDisplay = s.display;
> s.visibility = 'hidden';
> s.position = 'absolute';
> s.display = '';
> var originalWidth = elem.offsetWidth;
> var originalHeight = elem.offsetHeight;
> s.display = originalDisplay;
> s.position = originalPosition;
> s.visibility = originalVisibility;
> } else {
> originalWidth = elem.offsetWidth || 0;
> originalHeight = elem.offsetHeight || 0;
> }
>
> Only the "block/inline/whatever" part uses "". Which works nicely if
> the style property is set on the element itself. But not on in the CSS
> class.
>
> So, I think we're still stuck... :-(
>
> Cheers,
>
> /Per
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Andreas Marienborg
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 27, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Per Cederberg wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I just ran into a bug that I can't resolve. At least I'm out of ideas
>>> right now:
>>>
>>> http://trac.mochikit.com/ticket/325#comment:2
>>>
>>> The problem is when using getElementDimensions() on elements having
>>> "display: none" set in the CSS class. Or in a parent element. Is there
>>> a work-around for this? Or do we have to give up and just document
>>> this?
>>>
>>
>>
>> You might have tried this, but I think we once did some trickery with
>> visibility: hidden to get the size of display: none blocks.
>>
>> Basicly you set position: absolute and visibility: hidden, then change from
>> display: none to display: block/inline/whatever
>> Then you get the dimensions
>> And set everything back
>>
>>
>> - andreas
>>
>>
>
> >
>
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