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

One workaround is to create a parent div outside the element you want to get the height of, apply a height of '0' and hide any overflow. Next, take the height of the child element and remove the overflow property of the parent.

var height = $("#child").height();
// Do something here
$("#parent").append(height).removeClass("overflow-y-hidden");

.overflow-y-hidden {
  height: 0px;
  overflow-y: hidden;
}

  

    This is some content I would like to get the height of!