function augmentWidthOrHeight( elem, name, extra, isBorderBox ) causes continuous width decrease

function augmentWidthOrHeight( elem, name, extra, isBorderBox ) causes continuous width decrease

On Firefox 33.0.3, with jQuery JavaScript Library v1.8.3, with RichFaces Core Implementation by JBoss by Red Hat, version 4.3.0.Final

When moving the rich faces popup lef-right, the popup is shrinking continuously.
<div style="position: absolute; z-index: 100; left: 299px; top: 74px; width: 815px;" id="xxxx" class="rf-pp-cntr "><div id="yyyyy" class="rf-pp-shdw" style="opacity: 0.1; left: 5px; top: 5px; bottom: -5px; width: 815px;">.. etc...

On the background, the function augmentWidthOrHeight( elem, name, extra, isBorderBox ) ' s return value is always -2.3, independent from which popup is raised ( there is more then one with similar style, but different inner structure) and what are the starting sizes.

The effect doesn't occur in IE.

The function is called by jQuery.css( elem, name ) and the style attribute width: 815px always decreased with -2.3.

Is this a bug? What is the intention of this function - why recompute the jQuery.css the 'width' style attribute with this value?

Thank you

brucse