.css("height") returns computed height

[Ivellina]

As of version 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 .css("height") returns computed height instead of the style property height. For example :

<table id="anId" style="height: 200px">...

accessed by:

$("anId").css("height")

returns the real table size instead of 200px.

It works fine in version 1.3.2. The problem is always reproducible on Firefox 3.0.5 and IE 8 on Windows XP.

[timmywil]

I created a test case based on your description and was unable to reproduce your issue. I checked in IE8.  http://jsfiddle.net/timmywil/YxTn2/. Please provide a test case on jsfiddle or update mine to demonstrate the problem.

[Ivellina]

Hi,

Thanks for your quick response.

I made an example to show you the problem we have.  http://jsfiddle.net/FTjzm/1/

If you change the version to 1.3.2 you will see that it works correctly.

Ivelina

[timmywil]

After some investigation, it seems we are always using the computed in jQuery.css. This may be intended behavior.

[Ivellina]

If this is the intended behavior can you point me to the method I have to use in order to get the css height attribute?

[timmywil]

You will be able to use prop in 1.6, but for now you can use raw js.  http://jsfiddle.net/timmywil/FTjzm/6/ Nevertheless, this still needs review as to whether always getting the computed value is intended behavior because I can't say for sure myself.

[Ivellina]

Thank you for your suggestion. It works for us and we will apply it as a fix until we are waiting for version 1.6.

[dmethvin]

Yes it seems logical that .height() should return the height in pixels and .css("height") should return the non-computed CSS string (auto, 20em, etc.) for height. The problem is that other measurements (e.g., borderRightWidth) don't have a way to get computed vs. non-computed values via the jQuery API. It would be a serious problem IMO to return non-computed values for those.

I know it's been discussed quite a bit in the past but we need to document and justify why it works this way in the docs if it's to stay this way.

[timmywil]

Duplicate of #7486.