Forked from SSHari/find-elem-with-breakout-width.js
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November 3, 2021 20:06
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function findBreakoutElem(rootElem = document.body) { | |
function checkElemWidth(elem) { | |
if (elem.clientWidth > window.outerWidth) { | |
console.log("The following element has a larger width than the window's outer width"); | |
console.log(elem); | |
console.log('<-------------------------------------------------------------------->'); | |
} else if (elem.scrollWidth > window.outerWidth) { | |
console.log("The following element has a larger width than the window's scroll width"); | |
console.log(elem); | |
console.log('<-------------------------------------------------------------------->'); | |
} | |
// Recursively check all the children | |
// of the element to find the culprit. | |
[...elem.children].forEach(checkElemWidth); | |
} | |
checkElemWidth(rootElem); | |
} |
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