jQuery get the location of an element relative to window

Question

Given an HTML DOM ID, how to get an element\'s position relative to the window in JavaScript/JQuery? This is not the same as relative to the document nor offset parent sinc

Answer 1

    function trbl(e, relative) {
            var r = $(e).get(0).getBoundingClientRect(); relative = $(relative);

            return {
                    t : r.top    + relative['scrollTop'] (),
                    r : r.right  + relative['scrollLeft'](),
                    b : r.bottom + relative['scrollTop'] (),
                    l : r.left   + relative['scrollLeft']() 

            }
    }

    // Example
    trbl(e, window);