Absolute position?

[Samuel]

Hi,

Is it possible to get absolute position of element with javascript?
e.g. I have textbox somewhere in table. Textbox relative to table cell
position is 0,0. How can I get Textbox absolute position on page??
Please, any ideas, I'm going crazy...

thanks

 

[Samuel]

Found it

txtQuery.offsetLeft

txtQuery.offsetTop

 

[Samuel]

AAARRRGGHHHH!!!

It dosen't work if textbox is in table, txtQuery.offsetTop returns only
relative to table cell....

 

[Martin Honnen]

It dosen't work if textbox is in table, txtQuery.offsetTop returns only
relative to table cell....

Walk the offsetParent axis and add offsetTop and offsetLeft e.g.

function getPageCoords (element) {
var coords = { x: 0, y: 0 };
while (element) {
coords.x += element.offsetLeft;
coords.y += element.offsetTop;
element = element.offsetParent;
}
return coords;
}

var coords = getPageCoords(someElement);
// use coords.x and coords.y here

 

[Matt Kruse]

Is it possible to get absolute position of element with javascript?

Yes. For a general solution that works in most environments, see:
http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/lib/objectposition/