Also, you can create your own outerHeight for HTML elements. I don't know if it works in IE, but it works in Chrome. Perhaps, you can enhance the code below using currentStyle, suggested in the answer above.
Object.defineProperty(Element.prototype, 'outerHeight', {
'get': function(){
var height = this.clientHeight;
var computedStyle = window.getComputedStyle(this);
height += parseInt(computedStyle.marginTop, 10);
height += parseInt(computedStyle.marginBottom, 10);
height += parseInt(computedStyle.borderTopWidth, 10);
height += parseInt(computedStyle.borderBottomWidth, 10);
return height;
}
});
This piece of code allow you to do something like this:
document.getElementById('foo').outerHeight
According to caniuse.com, getComputedStyle is supported by main browsers (IE, Chrome, Firefox).