jQuery - resizing form input based on value's width?

Question

Is it possible to get input\'s value width and resize the input dynamically so the value will fit?

Here\'s an example:

http://jsfiddle.net/bzBdX/2/

Answer 1

this example as been tested on Chrome 25 and Firefox 19. (http://jsfiddle.net/9ezyz/)

function input_update_size()
{
    var value = $(this).val();
    var size  = 12;

    // Looking for font-size into the input
    if (this.currentStyle)
        size = this.currentStyle['font-size'];
    else if (window.getComputedStyle)
        size =  document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(this,null).getPropertyValue('font-size');
    $(this).stop().animate({width:(parseInt(size)/2+1)*value.length},500);
    //$(this).width((parseInt(size)/2+1)*value.length);
}

$('input')
    .each(input_update_size)
    .keyup(input_update_size);

Answer 2

As mentioned by @ManseUK. This line worked for me. JQuery version 1.8

$('#resizeme').css({width:newwidth});

Answer 3

http://jsfiddle.net/bzBdX/11/

So i made an example where it tries to calculate the width by inserting letters in a span and calculating there width

(function() {
    var mDiv = $("<span />").text("M").appendTo("body"),
        mSize = mDiv.width();
    mDiv.detach();

    var letterSize = function(s) {
        var sDiv = $("<span />").text("M" + s + "M").appendTo("body"),
            sSize = sDiv.width();

        sDiv.detach();

        return (sSize - (mSize * 2)) * 0.89;
    };

    $("input[data-resise-me]").each(function() {
        var minSize = $(this).width();

        var resizeInput = function() {
            var calcSize = $.map($(this).val(), letterSize);
            var inputSize = 0;
            $.each(calcSize, function(i, v) { inputSize += v; });

            $(this).width( inputSize < minSize ? minSize : inputSize );
        };

        $(this).on({ keydown: resizeInput, keyup: resizeInput });
    });
} ());

Theres probably a much better way of doing this.

Answer 4

All those solutions based on number of characters are quite weak, because each character could be of a different width if it is not a monotype font. I'm solving this problem with creating a div containing value of text input with the same font properties and getting its width as a required one.

Something like this:

function resizeInput() {
    $('body').append('<div class="new_width">'+$(this).val()+'</div>');
    $(this).css('width', $('.new_width').width());
    $('.new_width').remove()
}
$('input')
    // event handler
    .keyup(resizeInput)
    // resize on page load
   .each(resizeInput);