title: Cannot get the width of an absolute position element with jquery
body: <p>Please help me, i cannot get the width of an absolute position element with jquery. My element uses: <code>height: 100%</code> and <code>width: auto</code> via CSS. </p>
  
  <p>I use <code>$(element).width()</code> but obtain a 0.
  Here is an example: <a href="http://codepen.io/anon/pen/LVjBvz" rel="nofollow">http://codepen.io/anon/pen/LVjBvz</a></p>
  
  <p>I need the element take the width of the inside image. This image has 4000x800px but i use width:100% and height:auto in css to have the image in fullscreen</p>