How do I get the real .height() of a overflow: hidden or overflow: scroll div?

Question

I have a question regarding how to get a div height. I\'m aware of .height() and innerHeight(), but none of them does the job for me in this case.

Answer 1

Another simple solution (not very elegant, but not too ugly also) is to place a inner div / span then get his height ($(this).find('span).height()).

Here is an example of using this strategy:

$(".more").click(function(){
if($(this).parent().find('.showMore').length) {
$(this).parent().find('.showMore').removeClass('showMore').css('max-height','90px');
$(this).parent().find('.more').removeClass('less').text('More');
} else {
$(this).parent().find('.text').addClass('showMore').css('max-height',$(this).parent().find('span').height());
$(this).parent().find('.more').addClass('less').text('Less');
}
});

* {transition: all 0.5s;}
.text {position:relative;width:400px;max-height:90px;overflow:hidden;}
.showMore {}
.text::after {
  content: "";
    position: absolute; bottom: 0; left: 0;
        box-shadow: inset 0 -26px 22px -17px #fff;
    height: 39px;
  z-index:99999;
  width:100%;
  opacity:1;
}
.showMore::after {opacity:0;}
.more {border-top:1px solid gray;width:400px;color:blue;cursor:pointer;}
.more.less {border-color:#fff;
}

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(This specific example is using this trick to animate the max-height and avoiding animation delay when collapsing (when using high number for the max-height property).