Unfortunately, not really... One problem with HTML is that it was originally designed for the display of information. The visual considerations of the display were of secondary importance - what mattered was how each data element was characterized. That made it easier to make tables of contents, indexes, and cross-references. It left the actual display to the rendering engine.

The upshot now is that while certain elements may have similar appearances in different browsers, there really is not a reliable way to determine the exact appearance of the elements.

Compounding this is the wide variety of screen sizes, resolutions, fonts, user preferences, etc., that make your efforts essentially impossible. While you *can* sometimes rigidly specify certain sizes, it is usually not a good idea because someone out there is using a screen that is too big or small, or that has a resolution incompatible with your own ideas of what looks good.

In reply to Re: Determining page height by spiritway
in thread Determining page height by Anonymous Monk

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