jQuery outerHeight() Method

jQuery Web Development Front End Technology

The outerHeight() method in jQuery is used to return the height of an element. The method includes padding and border.

Syntax

The syntax is as follows−

$(selector).outerHeight(margin)

Above, the margin is a Boolean value to specify whether or not to include the margin. TRUE is to include the margin.

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the jQuery outerHeight() method−

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
   $(document).ready(function(){
      $("button").click(function(){
         document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "<br>Outer Height of DIV = " + $("div").outerHeight()
      });
   });
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Rectangular Box</h2>
<div style="height:200px;width:500px;padding:30px;margin:1px;background-color:orange;"></div><br>
<button>Outer height of div</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
</body>
</html>