Retrieves the width of the object including padding, but not including margin, border, or scroll bar.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ iWidth = ] object.clientWidth

Possible Values

iWidth

Integer that receives the width of the object, in pixels.

The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Example

This example shows how the clientWidth property and the offsetWidth property measure document width differently. The width of the div is set to 200, and this is the value retrieved by the offsetWidth property, not the clientWidth property.

<DIV ID=oDiv STYLE="overflow:scroll; width:200; height:100"> . . . </DIV>
<BUTTON onclick="alert(oDiv.clientWidth)">client width</BUTTON>
<BUTTON onclick="alert(oDiv.offsetWidth)">offset widthY</BUTTON>

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Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

A, ADDRESS, APPLET, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, CUSTOM, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FORM, hn, HTML, I, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, META, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, Element Constructor

See Also

Measuring Element Dimension and Location