[JavaScript] getting position

[Laurent Muchacho]

Hi 

You don't need to set the positioning at all just put your element anywhere
in the page
and you can call the function 

examples go to the page below and once the page as loaded put the text
between the "" in your address bar
"javascript:alert(getAbsX(document.getElementById('fatherImgHolder')))" and
search in the source of the page an image called "fatherImgHolder" to view
how it's done 
http://www.virgin.net/shopping/fathersday/index.html

Laurent



-----Original Message-----
From: Troy III Ajnej [mailto:trojani2000 at hotmail.com]
Sent: 22 June 2004 17:41
To: javascript at LaTech.edu
Subject: RE: [Javascript] getting position


Hi there, does the a, getAbsX &/or Y apply for traditionally casscading 
elements, that is, -not absolutely nor relatively positioned elements in the

page?

>From: Laurent Muchacho <LaurentM at london.virgin.net>
>Reply-To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
>To: "'[JavaScript List]'" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
>Subject: RE: [Javascript] getting position
>Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:50:37 +0100
>
>Hi,
>
>I think this is what you look for this function will return the absolute
>position of an element when you call the function getAbsX(elt) or
>getAbsY(elt) elt must be
>equal to document.all['yourid'] or document.getElementById('yourid') or
>document.layers['yourid']
><div id="yourid">whatever</div>
>
>if you want to use this function in ns4 you must put a name as well
><div id="yourid" name="yourid">whatever</div>
>
>
>function getAbsX(elt) { return parseInt(elt.x) ? elt.x :
>getAbsPos(elt,"Left"); };
>function getAbsY(elt) { return parseInt(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;
>};
>
>ps : I'm not the author of this function I found the logic on the net a
>while ago I just implemented it to my need.
>ps : this function work really well when
>	1. you use an image with a name and an id
>	2. If you use IE MAC don't write dynamcly your html in the page with
>javascript like document.write('<div id="yourid"
>name="yourid">whatever</div>') the IE browser on the mac will get confuse
>and give you really wrong value from what to expect.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Iztok Polanic [mailto:iztokp at amis.net]
>Sent: 22 June 2004 15:35
>To: javascript at LaTech.edu
>Subject: [Javascript] getting position
>
>
>Hi!
>
>I'm wondering how to get a position (x, Y) of an object by its ID. How to 
>do
>this?
>
>
>Bye,
>
>Iztok
>
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