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.innerHeight()

.innerHeight() Returns: Integer

Description: Get the current computed height for the first element in the set of matched elements, including padding but not border.

  • version added: 1.2.6.innerHeight()

This method returns the height of the element, including top and bottom padding, in pixels.

This method is not applicable to window and document objects; for these, use .height() instead.

Example:

Get the innerHeight of a paragraph.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <style>p { margin:10px;padding:5px;border:2px solid #666; }</style>
  <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Hello</p><p></p>
<script>var p = $("p:first");
$("p:last").text( "innerHeight:" + p.innerHeight() );</script>

</body>
</html>