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JavaScript DOM HTML property: scrollHeight

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The scrollHeight property of HTML elements within the JavaScript DOM returns the entire height of the element.

 

EXAMPLE:


HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head></head>
<body>
<span id="element"></span><br>
<span id="element2"></span>

<script>
var x = document.getElementById("element");
var x2 = document.createElement("CANVAS");
x2.setAttribute("width","150");
x2.setAttribute("height","70");
x2.setAttribute("style","border: 2px solid black;");
var c2 = x2.getContext("2d");
c2.fillStyle = "blue";
c2.font = "40px Verdana";
c2.shadowBlur = "4";
c2.shadowColor = "red";
c2.shadowOffsetX = "2";
c2.shadowOffsetY = "3";
c2.fillText("Hello", 10, 50);
x.appendChild(x2);

document.getElementById("element2").innerHTML = 
  "Properties of the canvas element include:<br>" +
  "clientHeight = " + x2.clientHeight + "<br>" +
  "clientWidth = " + x2.clientWidth + "<br>" +
  "clientLeft = " + x2.clientLeft + "<br>" +
  "clientTop = " + x2.clientTop + "<br>" +
  "offsetHeight = " + x2.offsetHeight + "<br>" +
  "offsetWidth = " + x2.offsetWidth + "<br>" +
  "offsetLeft = " + x2.offsetLeft + "<br>" +
  "offsetTop = " + x2.offsetTop + "<br>" +
  "scrollHeight = " + x2.scrollHeight + "<br>" +
  "scrollWidth = " + x2.scrollWidth + "<br>" +
  "scrollLeft = " + x2.scrollLeft + "<br>" +
  "scrollTop = " + x2.scrollTop + "<br>";
</script>



</body>
</html>


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