Perhaps you can try grabbing the element's height just before you initiate tabs (assuming you're not pulling in the tabs via ajax)?
On Jul 17, 5:47 am, David <garcia.narb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > my problem is, when I try to get the height or any other graphic > property of an element which is hidden (in my case, hidden in one > jQuery UI tab), I can't manage to get the height of the element. If I > do: > > $("#my_element").outerHeight() > > I get zero. Whereas If I do the same when the element is visible, I > get its height. > > I work with jQuery 1.3.2 and FF 3.5. > > What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks!