[[Javascript]] width and height of an element

Sun Sep 24 13:41:40 CDT 2006

I'm glad you found what you are after, but, since I'm touchy, I wanted
to show you how I tested before I sent that link:

<html lang="en">
<head>
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
	<title>untitled</title>
	<meta name="generator" content="TextMate http://macromates.com/">
	<meta name="author" content="Lee Hinde">
	<!-- Date: 2006-09-24 -->
	<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
	function howbig(){
			myitem=document.getElementById("item");
			alert(myitem.offsetHeight);

		}
	</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="item" onclick="howbig()">
		Here I am.
	</div>
</body>
</html>

That gives me an answer....

On 9/24/06, Bernu Bernard <bernu at lptmc.jussieu.fr> wrote:
> Thanks for your response but it does not answer my needs.
>
> The site you mentioned give a size of an element which has that size
> (width or height) already set.
>
> My question is what you do when the browser decides the width and
> size of the element.
> The usual need is when you precise the width and you want to find
> what the browser has set for the height.
>
> When you directly ask the height you get nothing (null or undefined).
>
> Bernard
> Le Sep 24, 2006 à 6:33 PM, Lee Hinde a écrit :
>
> > On 9/24/06, Bernu Bernard <bernu at lptmc.jussieu.fr> wrote:
> >> Hi list,
> >>
> >> How can I find the width and size of an element ?
> >>
> >> Say for example I have :
> >>
> >> <div id="test" onclick="getsizes()">hello</div>
> >>
> >> When I click on "hello" I'd like to get the width and height of this
> >> element.
> >>
> >> Bernard
> >> _______________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Google is your friend. I found this:
> >
> > http://www.aspandjavascript.co.uk/javascript/javascript_api/
> > get_element_width_height.asp
> >
> > (o, google est vous ami? :-) )
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