[Javascript] DOCTYPE making div.style.top NOT WORK

[Michael Borchers]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Fitzsimons" <nick at nickfitz.co.uk>
To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Javascript] DOCTYPE making div.style.top NOT WORK
 
> Try this:
> 
>     function getPosition(element) {
>        var position = {x: 0, y: 0};
>        while (element) {
>           position.x += element.offsetLeft;
>           position.y += element.offsetTop;
>           element = element.offsetParent;
>        }
>        return position;
>     }
> 
> which will (as with your existing script) return an object with "x"  
> and "y" properties, and works (in my quick tests) on IE, Firefox,  
> Opera and Safari, even with a DOCTYPE declaration.

works fine! great! thanks!