How can I grab the width and height for a currentTarget in jquery?

Question

I'm trying to get the width and height of target when I click on it. event.currentTarget.width or event.currentTarget.width() (same for height) is not working. Any ideas on how to obtain the current targets width and height?

Answer 1

If you want to use the jQuery methods you need to wrap the elements, e.g.:

$(event.currentTarget).width()

Otherwise you're stuck with using whatever DOM properties your browser supports, e.g..

event.currentTarget.offsetWidth