very simple (probably in much need of improvement) Jquery plugin I've thrown together that will get you the value of an inline style property
(function ($) {
$.fn.inlineStyle = function (prop) {
var styles = this.attr("style"),
value;
styles && styles.split(";").forEach(function (e) {
var style = e.split(":");
if ($.trim(style[0]) === prop) {
value = style[1];
}
});
return value;
};
}(jQuery));
//Returns value of "width" property or `undefined`
//var width = $("#someElem").inlineStyle("width");