title: Getting width of div with a parent display: none in Jquery Tab Control
body: <p>I have a jquery tab control in which I am building a custom control I've create which needs to know the width of itself during the build process.  </p>
  
  <p>My problem is when put into a parent container, in this case a tab, which has a 'display: none'  I am unable to calculate the width.  </p>
  
  <p>I've tried it both ways in my control:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$('.DataRow').width()
  $('.DataRow').css('width')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>both return 0.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any other way to get at this width value?</p>