# How to fetch the exact height attribute of html divs in IE?

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**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [November 6, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-fetch-the-exact-height-attribute-of-html-divs-in-ie/299539 "2009-11-06T11:12:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![greenerworld007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9a140/32.png) [@greenerworld007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/greenerworld007)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-fetch-the-exact-height-attribute-of-html-divs-in-ie/299539/1 "2009-11-06T11:12:50Z")

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Hi,

## I want to get the dynamic heights of some html divs. I am not programmatically applying height to them (so I don’t know their values). If I fetch the height in mozilla I am able to fetch the exact value in px but in case of IE it gives “auto”. How do I get their exact values? Please help

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