Ticket #7542 (closed feature: patchwelcome)
scrollWidth/scrollHeight function
| Reported by: | george_xalias@… | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | undecided | Milestone: | 1.5 |
| Component: | unfiled | Version: | 1.4.4 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocking: | Blocked by: |
Description
I would like a function to return the actual width of an element event if it is overflow:hidden;
Actual width: the width the element would have if it had width:auto and it was under the body element. e.g. I have a table of divs that hold text. If text is too much for the current div to show (actual width) maybe activate a tooltip function. Something like that
Change History
comment:2 Changed 3 years ago by jitter
Please post different feature requests as different tickets. And provide a better description on how you would expect serializeArray to work on arbitrary elements
comment:3 Changed 3 years ago by snover
- Summary changed from JQuery 1.5 suggestion to scrollWidth/scrollHeight function
comment:4 Changed 3 years ago by snover
- Keywords needsreview added
I’m not sure of the usefulness of this versus $.fn.attr("scrollTop").
comment:5 Changed 2 years ago by dmethvin
- Keywords needsreview removed
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to patchwelcome
These kinds of suggestions are great to implement as simple plugins where you can test their utility; once they are written and debugged we can consider them for inclusion.
Please follow the bug reporting guidlines and use jsFiddle when providing test cases and demonstrations instead of pasting the code in the ticket.

Also a serializeArray for all elements not only on forms. I have done something similar but would like it native.