JQuery For Setting A Dynamic max-width

Question

I'm not particularly good with jQuery, so a complete code solution would be ideal.

The function will:

1. Get the 70% width of the browser's screen.
2. Convert that width into its corresponding px value
3. Set the max width of the #mainContainer using the value got from the conversion/calculation.

Here is the CSS style for the container I want to set max-width with:

#mainContainer {
    background-image: url(bg3.jpg);
    background-repeat: repeat;
    background-color: #999;
    width: 70%;
    padding: 0;
    min-width: 940px;       /* 940px absolute value of 70%. */
    margin: 0 auto;
    min-height: 100%;
    /* Serves as a divider from content to the main container */
    -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
}

Answer 1

You should be able to copy paste this inside a <script> tag anywhere in the page where you have jQuery and it should work..

$( document ).ready( function(){
    setMaxWidth();
    $( window ).bind( "resize", setMaxWidth ); //Remove this if it's not needed. It will react when window changes size.

    function setMaxWidth() {
    $( "#mainContainer" ).css( "maxWidth", ( $( window ).width() * 0.7 | 0 ) + "px" );
    }

});