How to get height of the highest children element in javascript/jQuery?

Question

I need a function to get the height of the highest element inside a div.

I have an element with many others inside (dynamically generated), and when I ask for the he

Answer 1

If the div element is smaller than it's children, the children are probably floating. Can you allow the div to be as large as children?

If you can, add a clearing element at the bottom to make the div wrap it's children:

    
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Or apply a clearfix CSS solution to do pretty much the same thing but without extra markup or a clearing div.

The containing div will then get the same height as the highest child element, and you can get it by:

$("#someParent").height();