$(document).height() incorrect in IE6

[scottgonzalez]

When the document is smaller than the window, $(document).height() returns a value that is slightly larger than the window.

[john]

Which version of jQuery does this occur in?

[brandon]

I believe we just need to take the clientLeft and clientTop into consideration... just like we have to do in offset

[dmethvin]

We need a test case for this.

[john]

Closing due to lack of test case.

[scottgonzalez]

The document has no content, so the document height should match the window height: ​http://temp.nemikor.com/height.html

[Timmy Willison]

reproduced on jsfiddle: ​http://jsfiddle.net/timmywil/AFG2F/2/show/

[john]

We confirmed this in a triage meeting.

[mikesherov]

I'm going to see if I can whip up a quick patch for this ridiculously old bug. Be back shortly.

[mikesherov]

​https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/694

[Mike Sherov]

Fix #3838, $(document).height() incorrect in IE6

May still be broken in Netscape Navigator 4.

Changeset: 5cae50e66e34c277412c01ccb1c24bd6a85d2d8a

[David]

I believe this fix changed the value of $(document).height() in Firefox (using 12). While in Chrome and IE9 the value is consistent.

I can't reproduce this in jsFiddle as I think the result iframe's css works around this issue but this pastebin (​http://pastebin.com/MaUuLjU2) will demonstrate the problem.

In 1.7.1, the scrollHeight of the body element will be returned, while in 1.7.2 the clientHeight of the html element will be returned.

Thank you.

[dmethvin]

See #11724. Firefox 12 > IE 6

[scottgonzalez]

Fine. Whatever. PUNK!