Window: outerHeight property

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The Window.outerHeight read-only property returns the height in pixels of the whole browser window, including any sidebar, window chrome, and window-resizing borders/handles.

Notes

To change the size of a window, see {{domxref("window.resizeBy()")}} and {{domxref("window.resizeTo()")}}.

To get the inner height of a window, i.e., the height of the page being displayed, see {{domxref("window.innerHeight")}}.

Graphical example

The following figure shows the difference between outerHeight and innerHeight.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("window.innerHeight")}}
• {{domxref("window.innerWidth")}}
• {{domxref("window.outerWidth")}}
• {{domxref("window.resizeBy()")}}
• {{domxref("window.resizeTo()")}}