3 files changed, 39 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/GQuery.java b/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/GQuery.java
index 9af3215c..0f07729b 100644
--- a/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/GQuery.java
+++ b/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/GQuery.java
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ public class GQuery implements Lazy<GQuery, LazyGQuery> {
 
     // TODO: fix IE link tag serialization
     // TODO: fix IE <script> tag
+    // TODO: add fixes for IE TBODY issue
+    
+    // We use a temporary element to wrap the elements
     Element div = doc.createDivElement();
     div.setInnerHTML(wrapper.preWrap + elem.trim() + wrapper.postWrap);
     Node n = div;
@@ -406,8 +409,12 @@ public class GQuery implements Lazy<GQuery, LazyGQuery> {
     while (depth-- != 0) {
       n = n.getLastChild();
     }
-    // TODO: add fixes for IE TBODY issue
-    return $((NodeList<Element>) n.getChildNodes().cast());
+    
+    return
+      // return all nodes added to the wrapper
+      $(n.getChildNodes())
+      // detach nodes from their temporary parent
+      .remove();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/impl/DocumentStyleImpl.java b/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/impl/DocumentStyleImpl.java
index 39e8ee09..6fcfca31 100644
--- a/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/impl/DocumentStyleImpl.java
+++ b/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/impl/DocumentStyleImpl.java
@@ -93,16 +93,29 @@ public class DocumentStyleImpl {
     name = fixPropertyName(name);
     //value defined in the element style
     String ret = elem.getStyle().getProperty(name);
-
-    if (force && sizeRegex.test(name)) {
-      return getVisibleSize(elem, name) + "px";
-    }
-    if (force && "opacity".equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
-      return String.valueOf(getOpacity(elem));
-    }
+    
     if (force) {
-      ret = getComputedStyle(elem, JsUtils.hyphenize(name), name, null);
+      // If the element is dettached to the DOM we attach temporary to it
+      Element parent = null;
+      if (JsUtils.isDettached(elem)) {
+        parent = elem.getParentElement();
+        Document.get().getBody().appendChild(elem);
+      }
+      
+      if (sizeRegex.test(name)) {
+        ret = getVisibleSize(elem, name) + "px";
+      } else if ("opacity".equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
+        ret = String.valueOf(getOpacity(elem));
+      } else {
+        ret = getComputedStyle(elem, JsUtils.hyphenize(name), name, null);
+      }
+      
+      // If the element had a parent previously to be attached, append to it. 
+      if (parent != null) {
+        parent.appendChild(elem);
+      }
     }
+
     return ret == null ? "" : ret;
   }
   
diff --git a/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/js/JsUtils.java b/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/js/JsUtils.java
index e9649b19..9d384a19 100644
--- a/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/js/JsUtils.java
+++ b/gwtquery-core/src/main/java/com/google/gwt/query/client/js/JsUtils.java
@@ -274,6 +274,15 @@ public class JsUtils {
 		return e.defaultPrevented || e.returnValue === false || e.getPreventDefault
 				&& e.getPreventDefault() ? true : false;
   }-*/;
+  
+  /**
+   * Return whether a node is dettached to the dom
+   */
+  public static native boolean isDettached(Node n) /*-{
+    while (n.parentNode) 
+      n = n.parentNode;
+    return !n.body;
+  }-*/;
 
   /**
    * Check is a javascript object can be cast to an Element