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Answer 1

+2 A:

Why not just do something like this?

var el = $('x');
el.width(el.width()+2);

EDIT: To clean it up, you can create a plugin, something like this (untested):

jQuery.fn.increaseWidth = function(amount) {
  this.width(this.width()+amount);
  return this;
};

This would allow you to do $('x').increaseWidth(2)

Kyle Slattery 2009-11-12 15:38:47

I mean, I knew you could do this, but it's really clunky and I thought there could be a shorter way to do this.

Alexsander Akers 2009-11-12 15:42:20

If you wanted to do it the way you're talking of, you could write a plugin to make a `$('x').increaseWidth(2)` function.

Kyle Slattery 2009-11-12 15:44:23

Answer 2

+1 A:

No. The value you pass to width() is expected to be a CSS length value. Pixels are assumed if you don't specify a unit.

Sixten Otto 2009-11-12 15:39:16

Answer 3

+1 A:

These methods get and set the height or width of the elements.

width() or width(val)

Such approach as you say is only provided on .animate()

Sinan.

Sinan Y. 2009-11-12 15:41:01

Thanks for the distinction!

Alexsander Akers 2009-11-12 15:42:59

Using the jQuery width() and height() methods