$('#divElem').height() should work. You don't need the dimensions plugin unless u want the height of the "document" or "window".
In case, you are looking for the height that includes margin as well, then dimensions plugin has a method called outerHeight() that might help u. -GTG On 8/23/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You'd want to use the .css method: > > $('#divElem').css('height') ; > > Or you could try out the dimensions plugin. That works much better. > > -----Original Message----- > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of tester > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:50 AM > To: jQuery (English) > Subject: [jQuery] how to get the height of a div? > > > Hi, > > how I can get the height of a div? There is a div element in the xhtml DOM > filled with dynamic content from a database. The height depends on the > database content. > > I tried something like this: $('#divElem').height($ > ('#divElem').getMaxHeight()); but it didn't work. > > >