Here are some more details. I have specified that the min-width on html, body is 800px. There is also a left column for navigation that is 200px. However, there could be a table inside the content that is 700px. That would end up being 100px of overflow. Because the header and footer go by the window's width for min-width, those block elements are actually smaller than the overflow width, indented from the right basically. So, using jQuery I'd like to dynamically change the html, body min-width if any content child elements are larger than 700px. Hope that helps. Looking for options other than each() if possible btw. Thanks again for any suggestions.