jQuery height() issue

[kvnmck18]

I'm using jQuery to load() external content that has a wrap() that will fadeIn() as a <div/> overlay. I am trying to get the height() of this wrap but it's coming up as "0".If I give it a fixed height in css it works -- BUT -- I can't give it a static height because the height needs to be relative to the content within (from the external file).I'm not sure how to fix this... It might be because the script is reading the "height" before the external content is actually loaded... but I'm not sure how to no make this happen.Suggestions? Has any dealt with this issue?

[kvnmck18]

Here's an example I saw of someone else that was having the same issue (this is how you can easily reproduce the error)

				var x = $("<span>sjdafklasdjfljsdalf<br/><br/>dsfasdfasdf</span>").css('height', 250); 				x.height(); //0 				x.css("height"); //250px 				alert(x.height()+"   "+x.css("height"));

The height should not be zero but the height of all those lines of "content". How can I show the height()?

[justsomeguy]

It sounds like the element isn't being rendered before you get the height. Is there a way to force the element to get rendered before you check the height? I haven't used jQuery for much.

[kvnmck18]

Not that I know of. hmm(no one on this forum is familiar with jQuery)