// try to grab the height of the elem
if (this.element.height() > 0) {
var scroller_height = this.element.height();
var scroller_width = this.element.width();
// if height is zero, then we're dealing with a hidden element
} else {
var copied_elem = this.element.clone()
.attr("id", false)
.css({visibility:"hidden", display:"block",
position:"absolute"});
$("body").append(copied_elem);
var scroller_height = copied_elem.height();
var scroller_width = copied_elem.width();
copied_elem.remove();
}
/**
* getSize plugin
* This plugin can be used to get the width and height from hidden elements in the DOM.
* It can be used on a jQuery element and will retun an object containing the width
* and height of that element.
*
* Discussed at StackOverflow:
* http://stackoverflow.com/a/8839261/1146033
*
* @author Robin van Baalen <robin@neverwoods.com>
* @version 1.1
*
* CHANGELOG
* 1.0 - Initial release
* 1.1 - Completely revamped internal logic to be compatible with javascript-intense environments
*
* @return {object} The returned object is a native javascript object
* (not jQuery, and therefore not chainable!!) that
* contains the width and height of the given element.
*/
$.fn.getSize = function() {
var $wrap = $("<div />").appendTo($("body"));
$wrap.css({
"position": "absolute !important",
"visibility": "hidden !important",
"display": "block !important"
});
$clone = $(this).clone().appendTo($wrap);
sizes = {
"width": $clone.width(),
"height": $clone.height()
};
$wrap.remove();
return sizes;
};
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="parent" class="overflow-y-hidden">
<div id="child">
This is some content I would like to get the height of!
</div>
</div>