Manipulating Widths
Adjusting widths of containers based on the child container.
by Joe Saad
HTML
<div class="x-editable">
<div id="child1">child1</div>
</div>
<div class="x-editable">
<div id="child2" class="midLarge">child2
<div class="place">sas<div class="arc">12</div></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="x-editable">
<div id="child3">child3</div>
</div>
<div class="x-editable">
<div id="child4">child4</div>
</div>
<div class="x-editable">
<div id="child5">child5</div>
</div>
CSS
.x-editable {border:1px solid red;padding: 2px;}
#child1 {border:1px solid blue; width: 200px; height:100px}
#child2 {border:1px solid green; width: 300px; height:100px}
#child3 {border:1px solid yellow; width: 380px; height:100px}
#child4 {border:1px solid orange; width: 260px; height:100px}
#child5 {border:1px solid violet; width: 500px; height:100px}
.place {width: 40px;border: 1px solid pink;}
.arc {border: 1px solid orange;}
JavaScript
$(function(){
$('.x-editable').each(function(){
var $this = $(this);
$this.css('width',$this.find('>:first-child').css('width'));
$this.find('>:first-child').css('width','100%');
});
$('.midLarge').css('width','68%');
$('.midLarge').closest('.x-editable').css('width','1020px');
$('.midLarge .place').find('>:first-child').css('width','25px');
});