title: How to get actual (not original) height of a CSS-rotated element
body: <p>I need to obtain actual height of several different elements (for the sake of precise custom tooltip positioning), and some of these elements (not all) are rotated. $(elem).outerHeight() returns the original height, instead of the actual displayed height.</p>
  
  <p>Here's the fiddle with a very simple example: <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/NPC42/nhJHE/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://jsfiddle.net/NPC42/nhJHE/</a></p>
  
  <p>I see a possible solution in this answer: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/8446228/253974">https://stackoverflow.com/a/8446228/253974</a>, but am still hoping there is a simpler way.</p>