Javascript DOM HTML Element scrollWidth Property compare to width 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:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#content {/*from  w ww  .ja v a  2  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>

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<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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