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Samuel Lopez
Samuel Lopez

Reputation: 2390

Get height of div with no height set in css

Is there any way to get the height of an element if there is no CSS height rule set for the element I cannot use .height() jQuery method because it need a CSS rule set first? Is there any other way to get the height?

Upvotes: 101

Views: 233095

Answers (4)

Iamsamstimpson
Iamsamstimpson

Reputation: 1357

Just a note in case others have the same problem.

I had the same problem and found a different answer. I found that getting the height of a div that's height is determined by its contents needs to be initiated on window.load, or window.scroll not document.ready otherwise i get odd heights/smaller heights, i.e before the images have loaded. I also used outerHeight().

var currentHeight = 0;
$(window).load(function() {
    //get the natural page height -set it in variable above.

    currentHeight = $('#js_content_container').outerHeight();

    console.log("set current height on load = " + currentHeight)
    console.log("content height function (should be 374)  = " + contentHeight());   

});

Upvotes: 37

Selvakumar Arumugam
Selvakumar Arumugam

Reputation: 79830

jQuery .height will return you the height of the element. It doesn't need CSS definition as it determines the computed height.

DEMO

You can use .height(), .innerHeight() or outerHeight() based on what you need.

enter image description here

.height() - returns the height of element excludes padding, border and margin.

.innerHeight() - returns the height of element includes padding but excludes border and margin.

.outerHeight() - returns the height of the div including border but excludes margin.

.outerHeight(true) - returns the height of the div including margin.

Check below code snippet for live demo. :)

$(function() {
  var $heightTest = $('#heightTest');
  $heightTest.html('Div style set as "height: 180px; padding: 10px; margin: 10px; border: 2px solid blue;"')
    .append('<p>Height (.height() returns) : ' + $heightTest.height() + ' [Just Height]</p>')
    .append('<p>Inner Height (.innerHeight() returns): ' + $heightTest.innerHeight() + ' [Height + Padding (without border)]</p>')
    .append('<p>Outer Height (.outerHeight() returns): ' + $heightTest.outerHeight() + ' [Height + Padding + Border]</p>')
    .append('<p>Outer Height (.outerHeight(true) returns): ' + $heightTest.outerHeight(true) + ' [Height + Padding + Border + Margin]</p>')
});
div { font-size: 0.9em; }
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="heightTest" style="height: 150px; padding: 10px; margin: 10px; border: 2px solid blue; overflow: hidden; ">
</div>

Upvotes: 237

Madan Sapkota
Madan Sapkota

Reputation: 26071

Can do this in jQuery. Try all options .height(), .innerHeight() or .outerHeight().

$('document').ready(function() {
    $('#right_div').css({'height': $('#left_div').innerHeight()});
});

Example Screenshot

enter image description here

Hope this helps. Thanks!!

Upvotes: 12

Tom Scholes
Tom Scholes

Reputation: 99

Also make sure the div is currently appended to the DOM and visible.

Upvotes: 9

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