Question

I m trying to create a horizontal tab menu. how can i get the combined width of all the li tags and assign the width to the parent UL using jquery?

thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I d agree with Akoi, I think this is probably one for CSS. Something like

<style type="text/css">
ul { overflow: auto; background: #efefef; padding: 0; margin: 0; display: block; float: left; clear: both; }
ul li { float: left; display: block; padding: 5px 10px; }
</style>

<ul>
  <li>Menu item</li>
  <li>Menu item</li>
  <li>Menu item</li>
  <li>Menu item</li>
  <li>Menu item</li>
  <li>Menu item</li>
</ul>

Answer 2

Out of curiosity, why are you having to specify the width anyways? You should just be able to float your LI s left in css, then clear them with a handy <br />.

<style type="text/css">
ul li { float: left; }
br { clear: both; }
</style>

<ul>
<li>Some</li>
<li>randomly long</li>
<li>or</li>
<li>short</li>
<li>LI s</li>
</ul><br />

Answer 3

here s my html. as you can see, I m only trying to ensure that my ul doesn t extend to the width of the container.

    <html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script src="js/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="js/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
$("#tabs").tabs();
    });
   </script>
<style>
#container {width:960px;}
#tabs {background:url(../images/tab_lft.gif) no-repeat 0 0; margin:0 10px; width:940px;}
#tabs ul {background:#ccc url(../images/tab_rgt.gif) no-repeat right 0; height:24px; list-style:none; margin:0 0 0 6px; padding:6px 6px 0 0; }
#tabs ul li {display:inline; float:left; line-height:24px;}
#tabs ul li a:link, #tabs ul li a:visited {display:block; color:#565656; padding:0 10px; text-decoration:none; }
#tabs ul li a:hover {background-color:#fff;}
.clear {clear: both; display: block; overflow: hidden; visibility: hidden; width: 0; height: 0;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="tabs">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="tab1.html">Tab 1</a></li>
        <li><a href="tab2.html">Tab 2</a></li>
        <li><a href="tab3.html">Tab 3</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div class="clear"></div>
</div>

</div>
</body>
</html>

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