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Asked: 2026-05-15T10:42:22+00:00

I’m writing some JavaScript that changes the size of some content. To do this

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I’m writing some JavaScript that changes the size of some content. To do this I need to know the size of a div within my content. If I have the following html:

<div id="wrapper">
   ... other stuff ...
   <div id="inner" style="height:400px">Some text in here</div>
   ... other stuff ...
</div>

And the following JavaScript:

$('#inner').height('auto');
var height = $("#wrapper").height();

In FireFox and Chrome the height variable increases as the inner div expands to fit all the text. In IE this stays the same. I guess it doesn’t redraw the div straight away. Anybody know how to get the new correct height in IE?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It the problem is that the element doesn’t redraw right away, then you need to measure the height asynchronously – set a 0-millisecond timeout to measure it and continue execution.

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