Finding the position of bottom of a div with jquery

Question

I have a div and want to find the bottom position. I can find the top position of the Div like this, but how do I find the bottom position?

var top = $(\'#bo         


        

Answer 1

EDIT: this solution is now in the original answer too.

The accepted answer is not quite correct. You should not be using the position() function since it is relative to the parent. If you are doing global positioning(in most cases?) you should only add the offset top with the outerheight like so:

var actualBottom = $(selector).offset().top + $(selector).outerHeight(true);

The docs http://api.jquery.com/offset/