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  1. POgetting JQuery .height() after appending to another div returns 0
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    copied!<p>I am trying to create a div that is scrollable only when it's above a certain height after appending text to it. I check the height using jquery and it returns zero every time. Any suggestions?</p> <pre><code>HelpOverlay.prototype.buildContent = function(helpMappings){ this.content = $('&lt;div class="content"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;'); var table = $('&lt;table&gt;&lt;/table&gt;'); table.append($('&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="key"&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Key&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="command"&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Command&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;')); this.content.append(table); for (var whichCategory = 0; whichCategory &lt; helpMappings.categories.length; whichCategory++) { var category = helpMappings.categories[whichCategory]; var categoryDiv = $('&lt;div class="category"&gt;' + category.category + '&lt;/div&gt;'); this.content.append(categoryDiv); var categoryTable = $('&lt;table&gt;&lt;/table&gt;'); for (var whichMapping = 0; whichMapping &lt; category.mappings.length; whichMapping++) { var mappings = category.mappings[whichMapping]; var row = $('&lt;tr&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;'); var keyCell = $('&lt;td class="key"&gt;' + mappings.key + '&lt;/td&gt;'); var commandCell = $('&lt;td class="command"&gt;' + mappings.command + '&lt;/td&gt;'); row.append(keyCell); row.append(commandCell); categoryTable.append(row); } this.content.append(categoryTable); } this.helpOverlay.append(this.content); console.log(this.content.height()); } </code></pre> <p>console.log(this.content.height()) is returning zero. </p>
 

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