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Does anyone know if it is possible to find an HTML element’s exact position on the page (in terms of pixels-from-the-top and pixels-from-the-left) using javascript? The element I have in mind is an image that has not had any positioning applied to it, but I imagine any solution will work for other elements as well. I need something that works in Mozilla/Phoenix, although a solution for IE would be nice as well. It’s for a bookmarklet I’m thinking of writing.

Posted 7th February 2003 at 5:30 pm

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  1. Use the offsetLeft and offsetTop properties, although there are certain caveats; someone (might have been ppk) wrote an Evolt article on this.

    sil - 7th February 2003 17:41 - #

  2. http://www.doxdesk.com/personal/posts/evolt/200204 22-pos.html is some further documentation, including the caveats about nested offsetParents which I always have to work out from first principles. :)

    Stuart Langridge - 7th February 2003 20:14 - #

  3. Here is what ppk has written over the subject: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/index.html?/~ppk/js/f indpos.html

    Martijn - 7th February 2003 20:42 - #

  4. Sweet - thanks for the links. I'll have a play and see what happens :)

    Simon Willison - 7th February 2003 20:47 - #

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