Getting actual height of HTMLelement in Jscript.

[xoggoth]

If, rather than setting exact height of a DIV in the HTML, I use a small figure and just let it size itself to accomodate the text I put in, how can I find that actual height in jscript?

style.posHeight returns the figure typed in the style and not the real height as seen on the page.

Ta for any input.

[AtW]

if you want exact sizes then use image(s).

[xoggoth]

Ta atw but not practical. All the elements on the page are resized to user screen resolution on opening. Resize images of text and they tend to get unclear unlike resized fonts which stay sharp. Also rather inflexible, one spelling error and it's twenty minutes in PSP redoing it. Am trying to stick with very generalised techniques I can reuse easily for different material.

What actually doing is a drag and drop thing. Pupils drag and drop characters, props and speeches onto a stage or set. Rather than just a box, I would like to have a speech bubble behind the speech that automatically resizes to the text content.

[AtW]

you can resize images which will be "scaled" up or down. now, this would affect image itself but if its solid colour then it won't be noticeable at all.

i think its kind of right to do as much as poss in HTML, but Flash might be better option for drag/drop stuff.