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Created August 24, 2012 15:39
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Use number of characters to set textbox width
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gistfile1.js
function setWidthInChars(selector, numChars) {
$('body').append('<div id="testwidth"><span>&nbsp;</span></div>');
var w = $('#testwidth span').width();
alert(w);
$('#testwidth').remove();
$(selector).css('width', (w * numChars + 1) + 'px'); /* +1 is for rounding problems */
}
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