visibility: hidden. , visibility:hidden, display:none. , display:none -, "" DOM.
:
<div id="parent" style="display: none">
<div> find my width </div>
</div>
:
$('#parent').css('visibility', 'hidden').show();
var w = $('#parent div').width();
$('#parent').css('visibility', 'visible').hide();
console.log('width: ', w);
:
> width: 496
Update:
jQuery UI - :
$('#tabs-3').css('visibility', 'hidden').removeClass('ui-tabs-hide');
'#tabs-3' - . . .