container.style.width = containing element + padding

[ralphsmouse]

I have a container that I want resized to whatever the size of screen. I also want it to stay centered. The only way I can figure is to change the container to the size of its containing element plus its padding.

This is all I’ve got.

var container = document.getElementById(“container”);
var $entry = $(‘.entry’);
container.style.width =

[ralphsmouse]

I want something like this.

var new_entry_width = thumbWidth * thumbCols – thumbWidth – 60;

if(new_entry_width != $(“#container”).width()) {
var items_width = (windowWidth < thumbWidth * minCols) ? (thumbWidth * minCols) : (thumbWidth * thumbCols);
if(thumbWidth > 100) {
$(“#container”).css(“width”, items_width);
}
}
}

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