Index: /home/lrbabe/workspace/jQuery/jquery/src/core.js =================================================================== --- /home/lrbabe/workspace/jQuery/jquery/src/core.js (revision 5704) +++ /home/lrbabe/workspace/jQuery/jquery/src/core.js (working copy) @@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ if ( !force && style && style[ name ] ) ret = style[ name ]; - else if ( defaultView.getComputedStyle ) { + else if ( defaultView.getComputedStyle && !(jQuery.browser.opera && (name == 'width' || name == 'height') && jQuery.curCSS(elem, 'display') == 'none')) { // Only "float" is needed here if ( name.match( /float/i ) )