Method HTMLElement.getPosition

Get the absolute position of an element.

• Syntax Object HTMLElement.getPosition()
  
  Return an object holding the x and y coordinate of the element in pixels relative to the top, left corner of the viewport.
• Return value A custom object owith 2 properties
  
o.x - The x - coordinate of the element.
o.y - The y - coordinate of the element.

• Resources See the EPE project page for information on how to use this object in Internet Explorer.
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  // ************************************************************************** // Copyright 2007 - 2009 Tavs Dokkedahl // Contact: http://www.jslab.dk/contact.php // // This file is part of the JSLab Standard Library (JSL) Program. // // JSL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or // any later version. // // JSL is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. // *************************************************************************** // Get absolute position of element HTMLElement.prototype.getPosition = function() { var o = {x:0,y:0}; var n = this; do { o.x += n.offsetLeft; o.y += n.offsetTop; n = n.offsetParent; } while(n) return o; };