JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="widthTestOuter" style="margin:5px;background-color:#369;">
<div style='position:relative;'>
<div id="widthTestInner" style="width:100%;height:350px; background-color:#EEE"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div>width() vs. .css("width")</div>
<div id="showWidthFN"></div>
<div id="showWidthCSS"></div>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
var hiddenWidthTextElm = $('#widthTestInner');
var widthFNVal = hiddenWidthTextElm.width();
$('#showWidthFN').html(widthFNVal);
$('#showWidthCSS').html(hiddenWidthTextElm.css('width'));
});