Getting the height and width of content fitting DIV element.

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Getting the height and width of content fitting DIV element.

Jul 17th, 2005

Hey,
I'm having an issue getting the height and width of DIV elements that have resized themselves to fit their content.

Note: I do not have a problem getting the height and width of DIV elements that I have set using Javascript. The probel is that this value appears to stick. I.e. the height is set to 150px, then the content is changed and the DIV cosumes as much height as is required (clearly more than 150px), however analysing the DOM indicates that the height is the same (though it is clearly not).

I want to know how to get hold of the 'actual' size of a DIV element that is manipulated by the content of the DIV.

I am also interested in a solution that works in IE and Firefox (at least).

Cheers.

alphafoobar
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