Sounds like you might have to loop through the stylesheet itself.

I'm curious though, why you need the % value? Perhaps someone could
suggest an alternative method if we knew why you needed percentage
(just a thought)


On Feb 16, 3:34 am, ryan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nope - it always returns pixels in safari and firefox ... but I need
> percent.
>
> On Feb 15, 11:42 pm, Iain <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > $( 'myElement' ).getStyle( 'width' ) should return the correct value,
> > whether it is in pixels or percent.
>
> > On Feb 15, 2:44 am, ryan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hello
>
> > > MooTools very helpfully converts all widths to pixel values, which 99%
> > > of the time is what I want. However, just this once I need to know
> > > what the original % width is. Is there any way of getting it?
>
> > > When i do something like el.style.width it just returns a blank value
> > > in Firefox and Safari... which isnt helpful. The element has already
> > > been wrapped in $() if that affects anything...
>
> > > All suggestions gratefully received!
>
> > > Ryan

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