How do you find the dimensions of a “display: none” element?

Question

I have some child elements inside a div that gets the CSS display: none applied to it and I want to find out what the child element dimensions are. How can I do thi

Answer 1

Use window.getComputedStyle()

var o = document.getElementById('output');
var wmd1 = document.getElementById('whats-my-dims1');
var wmd2 = document.getElementById('whats-my-dims2');
o.innerHTML = 'wmd1: "' + window.getComputedStyle(wmd1).getPropertyValue("width") 
+ '", "' 
+ window.getComputedStyle(wmd1).getPropertyValue("height") 
+ '", wmd2: "' 
+ window.getComputedStyle(wmd2).getPropertyValue("width") + '", "' 
+ window.getComputedStyle(wmd2).getPropertyValue("height") + '"';

#some-hidden-div{
  display: none;
}
.whats-my-dims{
  display:block;
  width: 69px;
  height: 42px;
  background-color: #f00;
}

  Processing... :p


  Sooo... How do I get the width and height of whats-my-dims1?


  

jsfiddle https://jsfiddle.net/h9b17vyk/3/