how can I get the width and height of a table cell

is there anyway I can get the width and height of a table cell that was defined with a * or indeed a percentage value?

I'm hoping!

Sure, just give the cell an id like:

<table>
<tr>
<td id="thecell">foo</td>
</tr>
</table>

now in javascript you can get the height and width using the following:

document.getElementById('thecell').offsetHeight;
document.getElementById('thecell').offsetWidth;

Hope this helps

thanks I will try that and let you know

that showed up as 0, I guess it needs to totally display stuff first. darn, I need to get this when I create the table cell.

guess I will have to make the contents invisible, then resize after loading, the show it.

Thanks anyway

it works fine, little bit of a bodge but it works fine, thanks

That's right, the browser waits for the </table> to arrive before the contents is actually rendered. Up untill then there is no way of knowing how big the cell is gonna get.
Glad you got it to work