--- title: "Why are use the width() and height() in JQ?" description: "Why are use the width() and height() in JQ?" author: "Ethan Karla" published: 2021-07-28 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93817/why-are-use-the-width-and-height-in-jq category: "web application" tags: ["web programming", "web application development", "web development services"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Why are use the width() and height() in JQ? Why are use the width() and height() in JQ? ## Answers ### Answer by Ravi Vishwakarma jQurery width() method use to get and set the width of selected element. ``` Syntax:$(selector).width()return the current width of selected element$(selector).width(current width);set the current width on selected element$(selector).width(function(index, current width))and also this signature used to set the current width on selected elements ``` Example: ```                          

   
        this is div and div width is 50% of any size    
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