Checkboxlist in Chrome not rendering well

when the Checkboxlist  was in a div - the text was wrapping.

so I did this

   //////////////////////////////////////

            $('document').ready(function () {

                $(":input[id^=chkListblah_]").each(

                          function () {

                              $(this).get(0).parentElement.style.whiteSpace = "nowrap";

                            }

                    );

            });

          

            //////////////////////////////////////