Calculating text width

Question

I\'m trying to calculate text width using jQuery. I\'m not sure what, but I am definitely doing something wrong.

So, here is the code:

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Answer 1

This worked better for me:

$.fn.textWidth = function(){
  var html_org = $(this).html();
  var html_calc = '' + html_org + '';
  $(this).html(html_calc);
  var width = $(this).find('span:first').width();
  $(this).html(html_org);
  return width;
};