/**
* jQuery.evenIfHidden - get layout information of hidden DOM elements
* http://petr.illodavi.de/jquery-evenifhidden
*
* Copyright (c) 2010, Davide Petrillo
* Licensed under the MIT license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/MIT/
*
* Version: 1.0
* Date:    2010/04/22
*
**/

jQuery.fn.evenIfHidden = function (callback) {

    return this.each(function () {
        var self = $(this);
        var styleBackups = [];

        var hiddenElements = self.parents().andSelf().filter(':hidden');

        if (!hiddenElements.length) {
            callback(self);
            return true; //continue the loop
        }

        hiddenElements.each(function () {
            var style = $(this).attr('style');
            style = typeof style == 'undefined' ? " " : style;
            styleBackups.push(style);
            $(this).attr('style', style + ' display: block !important;');
        });

        hiddenElements.eq(0).css('left', -10000);

        callback(self);

        hiddenElements.each(function () {
            $(this).removeAttr('style').attr( 'style', styleBackups.shift() );
        });
       


        });
};