jQuery: Why does .width() sometimes return 0 after inserting elements with .html()?

Question

I am getting some html and inserting it with .html(), after which I am trying to get the width of one of newly inserted elements with .width() (which h

Answer 1

// ...
$('.box', boxOutput).each(function(i) {
   //boxWidth += $(this).width(); /* this is where sometimes width returns 0 */
   boxWidth += this..getBoundingClientRect().width;
});
//...