angularjs find properties of div in directive

angularjs find properties of div in directive

new to angular, new to stackoverflow. been trying to solve this for days.
here is my problem:
I want to center a group of boxes.
Is there a way to get access to properties of div's (with id or class
names) and manipulate them in a directive?
in my html I am creating divs with ng-repeat, the divs are the boxes that
are displayed. I have a directive that I, for now, am trying to use to
find and manipulate properties of the div's/directives in the html,
however I can't seem to do this.
I have googled a lot and have found similar issues but nothing that seems
to work in my code.
here's a fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/3m87R/
app.directive('someBoxes', function()
{ return function(scope, element, attrs) { element.css('border', '1px
solid white'); //element.css('width', '200px');
var body = angular.element(document).find('.bookitem');
console.log(body[0].offsetWidth);
if(scope.$last)
{
//console.log("element name is: " + element.attr("class"));
//console.log("element is: " + element);
//console.log($(".bookitem").children("div").attr("class"));
//console.log($('.container').children('div').attr('class'));
}
};
});
Thank you for any help provided.