Q1035 How can I find out the width of text rendered by the document?

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Q1035 How can I find out the width of text rendered by the document?

The following should work on Netscape Navigator 4+ and Internet Explorer 4+:

<body onLoad="textWidth()">

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
function textWidth() {
    if (document.layers)
        alert('width = ' + document.layers['nn'].document.width);
    else if (document.all)
        alert('width = ' + document.all['msie'].clientWidth);
}
//--></script>

<div id="msie">
<layer id="nn">
How long is this string?
</layer>
</div>

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January 24, 2002 at 01:26:17 Tristan Laurillard
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