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Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions

From "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions
Date 2011-11-14 11:52 -0200
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On 14/11/2011 09:40, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> J.R. wrote:
>
>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>> J.R. wrote:
>>>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>>> J.R. wrote:
>>>>>> On 10/11/2011 12:09, David Mark wrote:
>>>>>>> if (document.documentElement&&     typeof
>>>>>>> document.documentElement.clientWidth == 'number') {
>>>>>>>       var getInnerDimensions = function(el) {
>>>>>>>         return [el.clientHeight, el.clientWidth];
>>>>>>>       };
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Considering an element having scrollbars, we might use:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       return [el.scrollTop + el.clientHeight,
>>>>>>               el.scrollLeft + el.clientWidth];
>>>>>
>>>>> Please explain what the scroll position has to do with the element
>>>>> dimensions.
>>>>
>>>> […]
>>>> A better approach would be using scrollWidth and scrollHeight, but these
>>>> properties are "buggy" in IE and Opera, according to
>>>> <http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/w3c_cssom.html#elementview>. The irony
>>>> here is that scrollWidth and scrollHeight were introduced by Microsoft
>>>> in their MSIE's DHTML object model...
>>>>
>>>> Therefore, if we want a "getInnerDimensions" function to return the
>>>> correct dimensions for the element's content we will need to add the
>>>> scrollTop and scrollLeft values to the clientHeight and clientWidth
>>>> values respectively, otherwise we would not get the correct inner
>>>> dimensions if the element is scrolled all the way down or to the right.
>>>>
>>>> But what if the element doesn't have scrollbars? No problem, because
>>>> scrollTop and scrollLeft will return zero.
>>>
>>> And if I scroll down or right a scrollable element its content becomes
>>> higher/wider?
>>
>> No, but you can't retrieve the width / height of a scrollable element's
>> content with just clientHeight and clientWidth properties.
>
> (Apparently I have to be blunt.)  Difficulties with using scrollWidth and
> scrollHeight /notwithstanding/:
>
> Your approach is *junk*.  Because *again*, the *content* of the element
> (scrollWidth/scrollHeight) does _not_ become wider or higher when I scroll
> it right or down, so you MUST NOT add scrollTop or scrollLeft:
>
> Not scrolled
>
>         scrollLeft
>           ->.<-
>             .
>             .   scrollWidth
>             .<------------------>.
>             .                    .
>             . clientWidth        .
>             .<----------->.      .                  |
>             .             .      .                  v
>             ,---------------.- --.- - - - - - - - - - scrollTop
>             |             |^|    :  ^               ^
>             |             |#|    :  | clientHeight  |
>             |             | |    :  v               |
>             |_____________|v| _ _:_ _               | scrollHeight
>             |<#>| |    :                  |
>             :---------------'    :                  |
>             :                    :                  |
>             :                    :                  v
>             '-- -- -- -- -- -- --'- - - - - - - - - -
>
> Scrolled right and down
>
>     scrollLeft
>    ->.      .<-
>      .      .
>      .-- -- -- -- -- -- --.- - - - - - - - - - - - --
>      :      .             :        ^                ^
>      :      .             :        | scrollTop      |
>      :      .             :        v                |
>      :      ,---------------.- - - -                | scrollHeight
>      :      |             |^|      ^                |
>      :      |             | |      | clientHeight   |
>      :      |             |#|      v                v
>      :__ __ |_____________|v|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
>      '      |<           #>| |
>      '      '---------------'
>      '      '             '
>      '      '             '
>      '      '             '
>      '      '<----------->'
>      '        clientWidth '
>      '                    '
>      '<------------------>'
>           scrollWidth
>
>
> See also:<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms530302(VS.85).aspx>

You really don't seem to understand that a part of the content of a 
scrollable element may be hidden because it's wider and/or taller than 
the element's box. And that invisible part of the content cannot be 
measured with just element.clientHeight and element.clientWidth 
properties. If you want to get the element's content dimensions (not the 
box dimensions), you MUST USE (el.scrollTop + el.clientHeight) and 
(el.scrollLeft + el.clientWidth).

-- 
Joao Rodrigues (J.R.)

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David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2011-11-10 06:09 -0800
  Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2011-11-10 16:57 -0200
    Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2011-11-10 11:54 -0800
  Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions "Ant" <not@home.today> - 2011-11-10 19:47 +0000
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  Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2011-11-13 00:06 -0200
    Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-13 04:31 +0100
      Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2011-11-13 13:44 -0200
        Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-13 18:35 +0100
          Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2011-11-13 22:00 -0200
            Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-14 12:40 +0100
              Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2011-11-14 11:52 -0200
                Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-14 15:40 +0100
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            Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-17 21:06 +0100
              Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2011-11-17 22:13 +0100
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    Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How to Measure Element Dimensions David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 15:10 -0800
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