Get relative position between 2 DOM elements using JavaScript

Question

I\'ve implemented a set of draggable elements that can be dropped into some containers using jQuery. What I need is an animation that moves an element to a specific containe

Answer 1

I never used jQuery, just looked up API, so I can assume you can do the following:

var o1 = $(element1).offset();
var o2 = $(element2).offset();
var dx = o1.left - o2.left;
var dy = o1.top - o2.top;
var distance = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);