var getHeight = function (/* Object */ el, /* boolean */ includePadding, /* boolean */ includeBorder) {
    var height;
    el = (typeof(el) === "string") ? document.getElementById(el) : el;
    
    if (document.defaultView && window.getComputedStyle) { /* FF, Safari, Opera and others */
        var style = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null);
        if (style.getPropertyValue("display") === "none")
            return 0;
        height = parseInt(style.getPropertyValue("height"));
        
        if (window.opera && !document.getElementsByClassName) {
            /* Opera 9.25 includes the padding and border when reporting the width/height - subtract that out */
            height -= parseInt(style.getPropertyValue("padding-top"));
            height -= parseInt(style.getPropertyValue("padding-bottom"));
            height -= parseInt(style.getPropertyValue("border-top-width"));
            height -= parseInt(style.getPropertyValue("border-bottom-width"));
        }
        
        if (includePadding) {
            height += parseInt(style.getPropertyValue("padding-top"));
            height += parseInt(style.getPropertyValue("padding-bottom"));
        }
        
        if (includeBorder) {
            height += parseInt(style.getPropertyValue("border-top-width"));
            height += parseInt(style.getPropertyValue("border-bottom-width"));
        }
    } else if (el.currentStyle) { /* IE and others */
        if (el.currentStyle["display"] === "none")
            return 0;
        var bRegex = /thin|medium|thick/; /* Regex for css border width keywords */
        height = el.offsetHeight; /* Currently the height including padding + border */
    
        if (!includeBorder) {
            var borderTopCSS = el.currentStyle["borderTopWidth"];
            var borderBottomCSS = el.currentStyle["borderBottomWidth"];
            var temp = document.createElement("DIV");
            if (el.offsetHeight > el.clientHeight && el.currentStyle["borderTopStyle"] !== "none") {
                if (!bRegex.test(borderTopCSS)) {
                    temp.style.width = borderTopCSS;
                    el.parentNode.appendChild(temp);
                    height -= temp.offsetWidth;
                    el.parentNode.removeChild(temp);
                } else if (bRegex.test(borderTopCSS)) {
                    temp.style.width = "10px";
                    temp.style.border = borderTopCSS + " " + el.currentStyle["borderTopStyle"] + " #000000";
                    el.parentNode.appendChild(temp);
                    height -= Math.round((temp.offsetWidth-10)/2);
                    el.parentNode.removeChild(temp);
                }
            }
            if (el.offsetHeight > el.clientHeight && el.currentStyle["borderBottomStyle"] !== "none") {
                if (!bRegex.test(borderBottomCSS)) {
                    temp.style.width = borderBottomCSS;
                    el.parentNode.appendChild(temp);
                    height -= temp.offsetWidth;
                    el.parentNode.removeChild(temp);
                } else if (bRegex.test(borderBottomCSS)) {
                    temp.style.width = "10px";
                    temp.style.border = borderBottomCSS + " " + el.currentStyle["borderBottomStyle"] + " #000000";
                    el.parentNode.appendChild(temp);
                    height -= Math.round((temp.offsetWidth-10)/2);
                    el.parentNode.removeChild(temp);
                }
            }
        }
    
        if (!includePadding) {
            var paddingTopCSS = el.currentStyle["paddingTop"];
            var paddingBottomCSS = el.currentStyle["paddingBottom"];
            var temp = document.createElement("DIV");
            temp.style.width = paddingTopCSS;
            el.parentNode.appendChild(temp);
            height -= temp.offsetWidth;
            temp.style.width = paddingBottomCSS;
            height -= temp.offsetWidth;
            el.parentNode.removeChild(temp);
        }
    }
    
    return height;
};