Core: Access offsetHeight on div for support tests to avoid a layout bug in IE 9...

diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.core.js b/ui/jquery.ui.core.js
index f0cf89ba76e49c5784e04642db3727ce7a112c7c..d777d6d49845c226c5d52843351639e4726fe882 100644 (file)
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.core.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.core.js
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ $(function() {
        var body = document.body,
                div = body.appendChild( div = document.createElement( "div" ) );
 
+       // access offsetHeight before setting the style to prevent a layout bug
+       // in IE 9 which causes the elemnt to continue to take up space even
+       // after it is removed from the DOM (#8026)
+       div.offsetHeight;
+
        $.extend( div.style, {
                minHeight: "100px",
                height: "auto",