You don't need javascript for this, just css.
.wrapper { width: 90%; }
.wrapper textarea { width: 100%; }
if you want to do this with javascript, you can do window.addEvent
( 'resize', ... ) and use pixel values which would have the same
effect. may be slower though.
On Feb 16, 8:10 am, ryan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a textarea that is a percentage width, and im wrapping it in a
> div that has the same width as the textarea. I want the div to resize
> like the textarea would if that page is resized... rather than be a
> fixed size.
>
> On Feb 16, 3:01 pm, keif <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 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
