code: function _measureText(text) {
          var measuringElement = $("<span />", { css : { "position" : "absolute", "top" : "-200px", "left" : "-1000px", "visibility" : "hidden", "white-space": "pre" } }).appendTo("body");
          measuringElement.text("pW" + text);
          var width = measuringElement.width();
          measuringElement.remove();
          return width;
      }
docs: @private
  
  Gets an appropriate width given the text provided.
  
  @param {string} text Text to measure
  @return {int} Width to use