thanks for tthe reply for got to say, before this I was finding the height out of my UL by going through all th eli heights then adding it to the ul
// find the height of each li and add it to the total
$listItems.each(function (i){ ulHeight += parseInt($(this).css
('height'));});
// once total is found add the final height to the ul
$list.css({height:ulHeight});
will give yours a try in the mean time thanks
Si
