outerHeight(true) gives wrong value

Question

I want the height of a container element, including margins and paddings.

When I hover over the element in Chrome development tool, I get the value that I\'m lookin

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I get the correct height in Chrome by using setTimeout to wait a bit:

    setTimeout ( function () {
        var ht = $('.my-class').outerHeight( true );
    }, 1);

I hope that helps!