Code from prototype:

  getHeight: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    return element.offsetHeight;
  },


        One can use this function and if there ever is a standard (which there 
probably won't since the W3C is against any and all post render calculation 
standards) this function would effectively update your API once prototype is 
enhanced to accept the change. Either way, I say learn how it works, then use 
the API.

Thank you Matt for pointing out that function, I didn't know it existed.

Andrew Paul Martinez
Software Engineer, Associate
Paetec - Pinnacle
585-340-8455

 -----Original Message-----
From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]  On Behalf Of SPENDLOVE, 
Matt, GBM
Sent:   Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:58 AM
To:     'rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org'
Subject:        RE: [Rails-spinoffs] how to use Effect.BlindUp for resizing a 
div

FYI prototype lib has Element.getHeight() which wraps up the offset height
call..

Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Martinez, Andrew
> Sent: 26 April 2006 14:52
> To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org
> Subject: RE: [Rails-spinoffs] how to use Effect.BlindUp for 
> resizing a div
> 
> 
> var height = someElementReference.offsetHeight;
> 
> and to set it: 
> 
> someElementReference.style.height = "100";
> 
> It is worth saying that offsetHeight and offsetWidth are 
> non-standard compliance. They will give you the total 
> rendering height and this will cause problems in IE since 
> they use a different box model than FireFox. So you will have 
> to do some height juggling in IE if you are using padding, 
> margins, or borders. (read up on the box model problem if you 
> are wondering about it...)
> 
> For setting the height, this is a CSS declaration and can use 
> any valid CSS value. The default is pixels but you can use 
> other such as em.
> 
> Andrew Paul Martinez
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]  On 
> Behalf Of Joe Hudson
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:44 AM
> To:   rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org
> Subject:      RE: [Rails-spinoffs] how to use Effect.BlindUp 
> for resizing a div
> 
> If no one has an answer to this, would anybody be able to 
> tell me how to do the following:
> 
> - how to get the height of a block element
> - how to set the height of a block element
> 
> I'm sure these are trivial but I just haven't found the 
> correct methods to do so.  Thanks very much.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > [mailto:rails-spinoffs- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> > Joe Hudson
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:59 AM
> > To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > Subject: [Rails-spinoffs] how to use Effect.BlindUp for 
> resizing a div
> > 
> > I would like to resize a div to half the size that it was and would 
> > like to use the BlindUp transition.  I think that I need 
> the scaleTo 
> > parameter from
> > the docs: 
> http://wiki.script.aculo.us/scriptaculous/show/Effect.BlindDown
> > But this doesn't exactly work.
> > 
> > new Effect.BlindUp(gridId, {scaleTo: 50});
> > 
> > What happens is that the div does the blind up transition 
> until it is 
> > half the original size then it disappears.  Is there any 
> way I can not 
> > make the div disappear?  Thanks for your help.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > 
> > 
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