JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="someid1">
  <div class="text-holder">
    <div class="text-field">text here</div>
  </div>
</div>
<br>
<div id="output1">&nbsp;</div>

<br><br><br>

<div id="someid2">
  <div class="text-holder">
    <div class="text-field">text here</div>
    <div style="clear: both; line-height: 0; height: 0;">&nbsp;</div>
  </div>
</div>
<br>
<div id="output2">&nbsp;</div>

CSS

div.text-field
{
    border: 1px solid red;
    font-family: sans-serif;
    margin: 3px;
    float: left;
}

div.text-holder
{
    border: 1px solid blue;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function()
{
    $("#output1").text($("#someid1 .text-holder").height());
    $("#output2").text($("#someid2 .text-holder").height());
});