jQuery x y document coordinates of DOM object

Question

I need to get the X,Y coordinates (relative to the document\'s top/left) for a DOM element. I can\'t locate any plugins or jQuery property or method that can give these to

Answer 1

My solution is a plugin with "workarounds" :+D . But Works!

jQuery.fn.getPos = function(){
        var o = this[0];
        var left = 0, top = 0, parentNode = null, offsetParent = null;
        offsetParent = o.offsetParent;
        var original = o;
        var el = o;
        while (el.parentNode != null) {
            el = el.parentNode;
            if (el.offsetParent != null) {
                var considerScroll = true;
                if (window.opera) {
                    if (el == original.parentNode || el.nodeName == "TR") {
                        considerScroll = false;
                    }
                }
                if (considerScroll) {
                    if (el.scrollTop && el.scrollTop > 0) {
                        top -= el.scrollTop;
                    }
                    if (el.scrollLeft && el.scrollLeft > 0) {
                        left -= el.scrollLeft;
                    }
                }
            }            
            if (el == offsetParent) {
                left += o.offsetLeft;
                if (el.clientLeft && el.nodeName != "TABLE") {
                    left += el.clientLeft;
                }
                top += o.offsetTop;
                if (el.clientTop && el.nodeName != "TABLE") {
                    top += el.clientTop;
                }
                o = el;
                if (o.offsetParent == null) {
                    if (o.offsetLeft) {
                        left += o.offsetLeft;
                    }
                    if (o.offsetTop) {
                        top += o.offsetTop;
                    }
                }
                offsetParent = o.offsetParent;
            }
        }
        return {
            left: left,
            top: top
        };
    };

Usage:

var p = $("#wrapper2").getPos();
alert("top:"+p.top+"; left:"+p.left);