Get real width of elements with jQuery

Question

I am writing a validator for \"visual correctness\" of html files. The goal is to detect too wide elements.

Here is a demo of my problem.

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Answer 1

The element itself is constrained to 200px, but the text inside spills out. If you insert a span (or any other inline element) inside the P tag it works fine.

http://jsfiddle.net/will/vv68y/5/

Hope that helps :)