Full height of a html element (div) including border, padding and margin?

Question

I need the full height of a div, I'm currently using

document.getElementById('measureTool').offsetHeight 

offsetHeight - Returns the height of an element, including borders and padding if any, but not margins

But one of the nested elements inside the div, has a margin-top of 20%, so I get a wrong measurement. I tried style.marginTop and scrollHeight without success.

How can I get the full height (border, padding, margin) of an element (div) in javascript?

If there isn't any other way I'm ok with jQuery.

Answer 1

What about something like this (no jquery)? It's similar to @gdoron's answer but a little simpler. Tested it in IE9+, Firefox, and Chrome.

function getAbsoluteHeight(el) {   // Get the DOM Node if you pass in a string   el = (typeof el === 'string') ? document.querySelector(el) : el;     var styles = window.getComputedStyle(el);   var margin = parseFloat(styles['marginTop']) +                parseFloat(styles['marginBottom']);    return Math.ceil(el.offsetHeight + margin); } 

Here is a working jsfiddle.

Answer 2

If you can use jQuery:

$('#divId').outerHeight(true) // gives with margins. 

jQuery docs

For vanilla javascript you need to write a lot more (like always...):

function Dimension(elmID) {     var elmHeight, elmMargin, elm = document.getElementById(elmID);     if(document.all) {// IE         elmHeight = elm.currentStyle.height;         elmMargin = parseInt(elm.currentStyle.marginTop, 10) + parseInt(elm.currentStyle.marginBottom, 10) + "px";     } else {// Mozilla         elmHeight = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(elm, '').getPropertyValue('height');         elmMargin = parseInt(document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(elm, '').getPropertyValue('margin-top')) + parseInt(document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(elm, '').getPropertyValue('margin-bottom')) + "px";     }     return (elmHeight+elmMargin); } 

​ Live DEMO

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