The snippet below is related to some code that I'm developing that will eventually cause a scrolling DIV (overflow-y:scroll) to scroll to bring a specified element into view. I actually developed the code about a year ago. The code worked under IE6, but does not appear to work under IE7. Is offsetTop still a valid means of getting the position of an element?
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Any idea on how to get the coordinates/position of a div element? For example I want to get the coordinates of a particular poll which is placed on my right sidebar.
I tried this, but will not work:
document.getElementById('test').style.left
Must I set the position to relative for the element test?
Here's something I'm working on: for a click on a given element, I want to be able capture the x/y coordinates of the mouse -- that is, the mouse coordinates relative to the top left corner of said
element.
So far, here's what I've got:
I'm trying to get the position of a table on a page..
<table id="tab">
by using :
var x = getAbsX(document.getElementById("tab"))
var y = getAbsX(document.getElementById("tab"))
which calls:
function getAbsX(elt) { return (elt.x) ? elt.x : getAbsPos(elt,"Left"); }
function getAbsY(elt) { return (elt.y) ? elt.y : getAbsPos(elt,"Top"); }
function getAbsPos(elt,which) {
iPos = 0;
while (elt != null) {
iPos += elt["offset" + which];
elt = elt.offsetParent;
}
return iPos;
}
but the thing keeps giving me 0's for both x and y in IE but works in
Firefox. Can anyone help?
So I have created a simple calendar [URL] and I have a bunch of "More Info" buttons I made from cells. In a table cell to the right are a bunch of hidden DIV's that all appear when you rollover a "More Info" button, obviously giving more details about the calendar date/event.
My problem is that I have to give an exact "top" css position to every one of these hidden div's every single time I add a new event to the calendar. I want to dynamically tell each hidden div to match the "top" css position to match the top position of each "More Info" button. How do I do that?
I've been trying the find the (x,y) co-ordinates of an element. I've been using;
document.getElementById(element).style.top
document.getElementById(element).style.left
However this doesn't always work in my script. Now, I've googled how to find the position of an element. And come accross many scripts which supposedly all find the position of any object. Some are very long scripts and some are very short all using a variety of methods. Incidently none of which work, they all return (0,0).
I seem to be having trouble with the following function:Code:
function getReferenceCoordinates(el)
{
var x=0;
var y=0;
if(el.offsetParent) {
while(el) {
x +=el.offsetLeft;
y +=el.offsetTop;
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I've been trying the find the (x,y) co-ordinates of an element. I've been using;
Code:
document.getElementById(element).style.top
document.getElementById(element).style.left
However this doesn't always work in my script. Now, I've googled how to find the position of an element. And come accross many scripts which supposedly all find the position of any object. Some are very long scripts and some are very short all using a variety of methods. Incidently none of which work, they all return (0,0). I have a question, why would someone create a script to do what one line of code can do? Am I missing something.
how can I get the absolute position of a relative element?
We dynamically create a page with multiple segments which are relatively
ordered among each other. In these segments we have input fields.
When such an input field is focused I need it's absolute position.
Is there a way to do so with IE > 6?
In a HMTL Span element I have a mouseover event which calls a
javascript function. How in this function can I get the cursor position?
Is this possible at all this element is notabsolutelypositioned?
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The primary target is users using IE8, but of course, if there's a cross-browser solution for this problem, that would be super!
Is there any way in Javascript to find the position of an element relative to the screen rather than the browser viewport? I can't find anything.
Is this possible? The reason I ask is I wish the values to be used in Java, which needs coordinates relative to the screen.
I'm busy trying to build an interface where users can create a sort of collage with images that they upload. I know it is possible to get the position of a DHTML element relative to the screen, the problem is I need the coordinates relative to a main div tag so that I can "compile" the collage and then when it gets served it will look the same regardless of screen size.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI seem to be having trouble with the following function:
Code:
function getReferenceCoordinates(el)
{
var x=0;
var y=0;
if(el.offsetParent) {
while(el) {
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It works okay, but in ie the pixels are off by 2px. Anyone know why?
Is it possible to do this? Say I want to find out where on the screen a specific div is, and i want to know the values of the left and top properties. Can i find this out? If so, how?
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I have no perfect cross-browser solution to position html element on
the bottom of the page. I know that with Firefox I do it as: position:fixed; bottom:0px;
However, IE does not understand that. Did anyone come across this issue to share with me?
Let's say I have a table with 5 rows;
<table id="tbl">
<tr><td>Please</td></tr>
<tr><td>help</td></tr>
<tr><td>me</td></tr>
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Now if someone clicks on the row with content "help" (2nd), I want to catch the click with jquery .click() and know within the jquery code that the user clicked on the 2nd <tr> element within table#tbl.
If someone clicks on the <tr> with content "this", my jquery code has to return 5, because its the 5th row.
I know how to get position left - var posLeft = parseInt($('.class').position().left);
But the class I am using has the style display:none; Is there a way around this?
Why doesn't this work?
var posLeft = parseInt($('.class').css('left').replace("px", ""));
Is it possible to get the position of an object relative to the document if it's a floating object inside elements?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a floating div that stays at the bottom of the browser window while the user scrolls down a long page. The div reads "scroll down for more". How can I determine the current position of the div in relation to the top of the page, not the top of the browser window. I need to determine this because I would like to hide the div when the user scrolls to the top of the last page. I have looked at offsetParent, offsetHeight, scrollHeight, etc.
I have the code for everything except determining the position of the div, or the distance of the div from the top of the page.
I have a floating div that stays at the bottom of the browser window while the user scrolls down a long page. The div reads "scroll down for more". How can I determine the current position of the div in relation to the top of the page, not the top of the browser window. I need to determine this because I would like to hide the div when the user scrolls to the top of the last page. I have looked at offsetParent, offsetHeight, scrollHeight, etc.
I have the code for everything except determining the position of the div, or the distance of the div from the top of the page.
i would like to know the absolute position of an element (e.g. <LI>) in the browser. i nned to know it in order to place juste beside another element (e.g. submenu).
for example: i have a <li> tag which is at 400px from my browser left border (because it is inside a div which is screen centered). this <li> has a width of 180 px so if i want to know the most left position for my submenu, i should get 400 + 180 = 580 px (from the browser left border).
i tried offset but without success. in fact it returns me 0.
How would I start to go about this? I'd like an <h3> to display and slide in whenever the user scrolls to a certain position on the page. For example, once a certain content div is 50% displayed in the viewport, I'd like the animation to fire.
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