Any ideas on how to get a div\'s height without using jQuery?
I was searching Stack Overflow for this question and it seems like every answer is pointing to jQuery\'s .height()
.
I tried something like myDiv.style.height
, but it returned nothing, even when my div had its width
and height
set in CSS.
var clientHeight = document.getElementById(\'myDiv\').clientHeight;
or
var offsetHeight = document.getElementById(\'myDiv\').offsetHeight;
clientHeight
includes padding.
offsetHeight
includes padding, scrollBar and borders.
jsFiddle
var element = document.getElementById(\'element\');
alert(element.offsetHeight);
var myDiv = document.getElementById(\'myDiv\'); //get #myDiv
alert(myDiv.clientHeight);
clientHeight and clientWidth are what you are looking for.
offsetHeight and offsetWidth also return the height and width but it includes the border and scrollbar. Depending on the situation, you can use one or the other.
Hope this helps.
Another option is to use the getBoundingClientRect function. Please note that getBoundingClientRect will return an empty rect if the element\'s display is \'none\'.
Example:
var elem = document.getElementById(\"myDiv\");
if(elem) {
var rect = elem.getBoundingClientRect();
console.log(rect.height);
}
The other answers weren\'t working for me. Here\'s what I found at w3schools, assuming the div
has a height
and/or width
set.
All you need is height
and width
to exclude padding.
var height = document.getElementById(\'myDiv\').style.height;
var width = document.getElementById(\'myDiv\').style.width;
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<div id=\"item\">show taille height</div>
<script>
alert(document.getElementById(\'item\').offsetHeight);
</script>
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