title: jQuery width(); not working properly
body: <p>I think I'm going crazy :).</p>
  
  <p>In my js file I have:</p>
  
  <pre><code>alert( $('.element').width() );
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it will alert "867"...Which is wrong.</p>
  
  <p>In the Chrome or Firefox console i type:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$('.element').width();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It responds with 567. Which is correct.</p>
  
  <p>Am I missing something here. Should I be doing this a different way. Cause the code in the js file is messing everyting up.</p>
  
  <p>BTW the element does have a width and float set through CSS -- width: 80% and float: left. But the browser consoles still give me the right width.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>