[thelist] Getting position with Javascript without setting them in Javascript

[VOLKAN ÖZÇELİK]

Tested with Mozilla, it returns "0px" for the unassigned "top" CSS attribute :)
(found yet another bug in the API to be fixed :) thank you)

hope that helps.
Volkan.

2005/9/23, VOLKAN ÖZÇELİK <volkan.ozcelik at gmail.com>:
> >I have always been under the impression that even if you
> >define a position or dimension in CSS, you can't access it in Javascript
> >via the DOM. I am not sure why though.
>
> Actually you do access to the style. However if you do not assign the
> top or left value explicitly DOM returns "auto" as per the value.
>
> http://www.sarmal.com/sardalya/testcase/StyleManager_Test.html
>
> (note that the last line on the test results layer displays "auto" for
> the retrieved "top" value since it is not explicitly defined in the
> CSS.)
>
> HTH,
> Volkan.
>
>
> 2005/9/23, Peter Brunone (EasyListBox.com) <peter at easylistbox.com>:
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> >   I'm not sure what the posLeft style attribute is, but if you want to find the true position of anything on the page, I suggest PPK's article on the subject:
> >
> > http://www.quirksmode.org/js/findpos.html
> >
> >   For what it's worth, I've encountered similar problems in IE when trying to get the left or top properties when they haven't been specified...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > From: Steve James steve at epicunion.com
> >
> > So this has always stumped me and I'm not sure if there is a solution:
> >
> > I have XHTML page with nested DIVs. Everything is relative and nothing
> > is absolutely positioned. I need to use Javascript to get positions of
> > DIVs on the page, however I am getting nothing back UNLESS I specify
> > the positions first using Javascript. However, this defeats the whole
> > purpose of "hey, what position is that DIV?" if I have to specify where
> > it is first. I have always been under the impression that even if you
> > define a position or dimension in CSS, you can't access it in Javascript
> > via the DOM. I am not sure why though.
> >
> > So something like this never gives me a result:
> > alert(document.getElementById('theNav').style.posLeft); //alerts back
> > nothing/blank
> >
> > However, this does:
> > document.getElementById('theNav').style.posLeft = '100px';
> > alert(document.getElementById('theNav').style.posLeft); //alerts back 100px
> >
> > Thanks for any support or explanations.
> >
> > -Steve
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