outerWidth returns 0 when parent item is hidden

[slifty]

When an item's parent has display set to none, outerWidth() returns 0. This makes the method unreliable.

e.g.

<script type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function() {

alert($("#test").outerWidth());

});

</script> <div style="display:none">

<div id="test" style="width:500px">You can't read me!</div>

</div>

[slifty]

As a note -- the documentation says that outerWidth will work for items that are hidden, which is why this behavior seems unexpected.

[dmethvin]

I've updated the docs to clarify that the methods don't support parent-hidden elements.