diff --git a/dom-style.js b/dom-style.js
index 2d498a15db..0c871ba988 100644
--- a/dom-style.js
+++ b/dom-style.js
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ define(["./sniff", "./dom"], function(has, dom){
function _toStyleValue(node, type, value){
//TODO: should we really be doing string case conversion here? Should we cache it? Need to profile!
type = type.toLowerCase();
- if(has("ie")){
+ if(has("ie") || has("trident")){
if(value == "auto"){
if(type == "height"){ return node.offsetHeight; }
if(type == "width"){ return node.offsetWidth; }
diff --git a/tests/dom-style.html b/tests/dom-style.html
index 86849e43f0..e36aa4c4cf 100644
--- a/tests/dom-style.html
+++ b/tests/dom-style.html
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
doh.t(false);
}
}
+ },
+ function getWidth(){
+ // see http://bugs.dojotoolkit.org/ticket/17962
+ var rowWidth = domStyle.get(dom.byId("trow"), "width");
+ doh.t(rowWidth > 0, "width: " + rowWidth);
}
]);
@@ -39,5 +44,6 @@
+