Javascript DOM HTML Element scrollHeight Property

Introduction

Return the scrollHeight and scrollWidth of an element and then set its height and width to the values returned from scrollHeight and scrollWidth:

Click the first button to return the scrollHeight and scrollWidth of div.

Click the second button to set the width and height of div to the values returned from scrollHeight and scrollWidth.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#content {/*from ww  w  .j  a  v  a2 s  . c om*/
  height: 100px;
  width: 100px;
  background-color: coral;
  padding: 15px;
  border: 10px solid black;
  margin: 10px;
  overflow: scroll;
}
</style>

</head>
<body>


<button onclick="getFunction()">Get scrollHeight and scrollWidth</button>

<button onclick="setFunction()">Set height and width</button>

<div id="content">Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..Some content..</div>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
var elmnt = document.getElementById("content");

function getFunction() {
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Height: " + elmnt.scrollHeight + "px"
  + "<br>Width: " + elmnt.scrollWidth + "px" ;
}

function setFunction() {
  elmnt.style.height = elmnt.scrollHeight + "px";
  elmnt.style.width = elmnt.scrollWidth + "px";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>



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