Is it possible to change $(document) width using jquery?

Question

I'm new to jQuery and HTML so probably this is a very dumb question, but I'm just curious if it is possible to change document or window width using jQuery?

Is something like this possible:

$(document).ready(function() {
   $(document).width( $(window).width() );
});

Thank you

Answer 1

As I understand it, $(document).width() is read only and will not update the width value. You may have better luck with:

$('body').width( $(window).width() );

Although this would have no effect unless the root element of your document/page was styled to be larger than the viewport (would eliminate horizontal scrolling).