How do I get the position of an element after css3 translation in JavaScript?

Question

I saw this posted in 2 different forms on stackoverflow, but the solutions don\'t work for me.

Essentially, I have an item that I will translate. When I do a obj.st

Answer 1

You can use getBoundingClientRect():

Imagine the following html block:

And the style:

body {
    background:#ccc;
}
.centralizer {
    position:absolute;
    top:150px;
    left:170px;
    width:352px;
    height:180px;
    overflow:auto;
    -webkit-transform: translateY(-50%) translateX(-50%);
    -moz-transform: translateY(-50%) translateX(-50%);
    -ms-transform: translateY(-50%) translateX(-50%);
    transform: translateY(-50%) translateX(-50%);
}
.popup {
    background:white;
    box-shadow:0 0 0 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1), 0 0 15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
    border-radius:3px;
}
.dragger {
    background:#eee;
    height:35px;
    border-radius:3px 3px 0 0;
    border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
}

Now you can use the following javascript to get the correct position:

var popup = document.querySelector('.popup');
var rect = popup.getBoundingClientRect();

console.log("popup.getBoundingClientRect(): \n" + "x: " + rect.left + "\ny: " + rect.top);

You can check the result in the jsfiddle:

I tested on FF, IE and chrome, and it worked on all my tests.