I've been working on something that uses this type of requirement for a floating layer today (http://www.mark.ac/help/sticky.html) and I asked the same question of the Webdesign-l list (http://webdesign-l.com), just related to DOM browsers. You have to take browser differences into account, as pixelTop isn't recognised in all browsers. offsetTop and clientTop are two alternatives, depending on the browser. Try http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pixelTop+offsetTop+clientTop+ (this link might have wrapped) Regards Mark Howells Working in a Winter Wonderland http://www.mark.ac > Von: AtdtXav <atdtxav at yahoo.com> > > how does one find an images absolute location (height, > specifically) on a page? > > I was trying document.images[0].style.pixelTop