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window.outerHeight

Window.outerHeight gets the height in pixels of the whole browser window. It represents the height of the whole browser window including sidebar (if expanded), window chrome and window resizing borders/handles.

This property is read-only; it has no default value.

Syntax

outWindowHeight = window.outerHeight;

On return, outWindowHeight contains the height of the outside of the window.

Notes

To change the size of a window, see window.resizeBy() and window.resizeTo().

To get the inner height of a window, i.e. the height of the page being displayed, see window.innerHeight.

Graphical example

The following figure shows the difference between outerHeight and innerHeight.

innerHeight vs outerHeight illustration

Specification

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Object Model (CSSOM) View Module The definition of 'Window.outerHeight' in that specification.	Working Draft

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	1	Yes	1	9	9	3