jQuery - height( ) Method
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Description
The height( ) method gets the current computed, pixel, height of the first matched element.
Syntax
Here is the simple syntax to use this method −
selector.height( )
This method is able to find the height of the window and document as follows −
$(window).height(); // returns height of browser viewport $(document).height(); // returns height of HTML document
Parameters
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −
NA
Example
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −
Live Demo<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("div").click(function () { var color = $(this).css("background-color"); var height = $(this).height(); $("#result").html("That div is <span>" +color+ "</span>."); $("#result").css({'color': color, 'background-color':'gray'}); $("#result").height( height ); }); }); </script> <style> div { width:60px; height:60px; margin:5px; float:left; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Click on any square:</p> <span id = "result"> </span> <div style = "background-color:blue; height:50px;"></div> <div style = "background-color:pink;height:30px;"></div> <div style = "background-color:#123456;height:100px;"></div> <div style = "background-color:#f11; height:75px;"></div> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −
jquery-css.htm
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