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Retrieves the scrolling height of the object.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ iHeight = ] object.scrollHeight

Possible Values

iHeight

Pointer to a nonnegative long integer that specifies the height, in pixels.

The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Remarks

The height is the distance between the top and bottom edges of the object's content.

For more information about how to access the dimension and location of objects on the page through the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) Object Model, see Measuring Element Dimension and Location.

Example

This example uses the scrollHeight property to retrieve the height of the viewable content.

<script type="text/javascript">
function fnCheckScroll(){
    var iNewHeight = oDiv.scrollHeight;
    alert("The value of the scrollHeight property is: " 
        + iNewHeight + "px"); 
}
</script>
...
<div id="oDiv" style="overflow: scroll; height= 100px; width= 250px; text-align: left">
	... 
</div>
<button >Check scrollHeight</button>

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Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

A, ADDRESS, APPLET, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, CUSTOM, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FORM, HEAD, hn, HTML, I, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, META, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP

See Also

scrollLeft, scrollTop, scrollWidth