$('html').outerHeight(true) returns inconsistent results across browsers

[jon@…]

I am receiving inconsistent results between browsers when using $('html').outerHeight(true). My goal is to retrieve the actual rendered height of the document. I am avoiding $(document).height() because if the rendered height is smaller than the window height, the window height is returned. On firefox, $('html').outerHeight(true) works correctly, but on IE8 the window height is always returned. Observe using the example at:

​http://jondufresne.org/test.html

If I run this in Firefox I see:

window:561
document:1044
html:1044
body:1028

Notice the html height matches the document height.

If I run this in IE8 I see:

window:806
document:1272
html:810
body:1256

Notice the height (approx) matches the window height and not the document height.

[mikesherov]

Thanks for contributing! What about just $('html').height()? Does that give consistent results? We don't really support $('html').height() currently considering the browsers don't give us useful info as you've discovered, but I'm just curious.

[jon@…]

In that case, what is the preferred way to retrieve the actual content height? $(document).height() works well when the content is larger than the window, but when the content is smaller than the window $(document).height() returns the window height. $('html').height() appears to be correct on Firefox, but not IE. Is there a better solution?

I have updated the test case to show height() as well as outerHeight(true). Same results. This is some console output from running the test case.

Firefox:

$(window).height()=561
$(document).height()=1044
$('html').outerHeight(true)=1044
$('html').height()=1044
$('body').outerHeight(true)=1028
$('body').height()=1012

IE8:

$(window).height()=622
$(document).height()=1310
$('html').outerHeight(true)=626
$('html').height()=626
$('body').outerHeight(true)=1294
$('body').height()=1278

[mikesherov]

Thanks again for contributing! Your test case is missing the opening html tag. Can you update it please, considering I can't edit it as you are hosting it on your own server instead of submitting a jsfiddle?

[Jon Dufresne <jon@…>]

I have fixed the mistake in the test case. The results are the same. I have uploaded the newest test case to the same location.

I also made an identical version using jsFiddle. This version also demostrates the same bug. See the fiddle version at ​http://jsfiddle.net/GmKmt/6/

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[jdufresne]

What information is requested that was not provided? This is still reproducible and all information requested was provided.

[dmethvin]

Not sure why this was auto-closed, it should have noticed you were the OP.

[m_gol]

Test updated for 1.x-master: ​http://jsfiddle.net/GmKmt/8/

[m_gol]

Migrated to ​https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/1739