google maps infowindow doesn't size correctly to fit image when content is set to jQuery object

Question

I am trying to get my backbone view, that represents an infoWindow, to respond to a click event.

App.InfoWindowView = Backbone.View.extend({
    events: {
        "click a": "clickInfoWindow" // fires when any <a> tag in this view is clicked
    }

Unfortunately, the only way the click event callback works correctly is by setting the content of the infoWindow to a jQuery object, setting the content to HTML text causes the event to not fire correctly.

createInfoWindow: function(){
    this.$el.html(
        window.JST['map-article-infowindow-content'](
        {
            articleData : articleData
        })
     );
     this.infoWindow.setContent(this.$el[0]); // set content to the jQuery object
}
clickInfoWindow: function() // passing an eventObject to this function doesn't fix this
    {
        this.ref = window.open(this.model.get("link"), '_blank', 'location=yes');
        return false;
    }

A jQuery object for content works well, except that the infoWindow doesn't size correctly --

Setting the content to HTML text directly causes the infoWindow to size correctly, but the backbone events don't fire.

So either I need to:

• Get the backbone events firing on tags using HTML text

or

• Get the infoWindow sizing correctly with a jQuery object as content

Edit: CSS for infoWindow image:

.gm-style-iw img.articleImg{
    float:left;
    width:30%;
    height:auto;
    padding-bottom:25px;
    padding-right:5%;
}

Answer 1

It looks like the infowindow autosizing doesn't respond well to images of variable size.

I have reduced the size of my image, instead of basing it on a percentage of the infoWindow's width.

New image CSS:

.gm-style-iw img.articleImg{
    float:left;
    width:125px;
    padding-bottom:25px;
    padding-right:5%;
}

and this mostly works, as it makes most of the images small enough to fit in the infoWindow.

If anyone knows why infoWindows don't react well with height:auto, or images of variable size, I would be interested to know.