jQuery: Get height of hidden element in jQuery

Question

I need to get height of an element that is within a div that is hidden. Right now I show the div, get the height, and hide the parent div. This seems a bit silly. Is there a

Answer 1

You could also position the hidden div off the screen with a negative margin rather than using display:none, much like a the text indent image replacement technique.

eg.

position:absolute;
left:  -2000px;
top: 0;

This way the height() is still available.