Calculate text width with JavaScript

In HTML 5, you can just use the Canvas.measureText method (further explanation here). Try this fiddle: /** * Uses canvas.measureText to compute and return the width of the given text of given font in pixels. * * @param {String} text The text to be rendered. * @param {String} font The css font descriptor that text is to be rendered with (e.g. "bold 14px verdana"). * * @see https://stackoverflow.com