After I remove a chart from the DOM and re-initialize a new chart, the new chart loses it’s fluid properties. Below is a jsfiddle demonstrating the behavior.
A chart is initialized at “width:60%;” you can move the panes in jsfiddle and the chart will expand/contract accordingly. After 5 seconds, I remove the chart from the DOM with jquery “empty()”, there is no destroy method. I then append() the original html back to the page and re-initialize my chart with the same settings. The new chart is a set width, not the original 60%
http://jsfiddle.net/rQ7MS/33/