How do you get the rendered height of an element?

Question

How do you get the rendered height of an element?

Let\'s say you have a

element with some content inside. This content inside is going to st

Answer 1

You can use .outerHeight() for this purpose.

It will give you full rendered height of the element. Also, you don't need to set any css-height of the element. For precaution you can keep its height auto so it can be rendered as per content's height.

//if you need height of div excluding margin/padding/border
$('#someDiv').height();

//if you need height of div with padding but without border + margin
$('#someDiv').innerHeight();

// if you need height of div including padding and border
$('#someDiv').outerHeight();

//and at last for including border + margin + padding, can use
$('#someDiv').outerHeight(true);

For a clear view of these function you can go for jQuery's site or a detailed post here.

it will clear the difference between .height() / innerHeight() / outerHeight()