getting the X and Y coordinates for a div element

Question

I\'ve been trying to make a javascript to get a X and Y coordinates of a div element. After some trying around I have come up with some numbers but I\'m not sur

Answer 1

Here a simple way to get various information regarding the position of a html element:

        var my_div = document.getElementById('my_div_id');
        var box = { left: 0, top: 0 };
        try {
            box = my_div.getBoundingClientRect();
        } 
        catch(e) 
        {}

        var doc = document,
            docElem = doc.documentElement,
            body = document.body,
            win = window,
            clientTop  = docElem.clientTop  || body.clientTop  || 0,
            clientLeft = docElem.clientLeft || body.clientLeft || 0,
            scrollTop  = win.pageYOffset || jQuery.support.boxModel && docElem.scrollTop  || body.scrollTop,
            scrollLeft = win.pageXOffset || jQuery.support.boxModel && docElem.scrollLeft || body.scrollLeft,
            top  = box.top  + scrollTop  - clientTop,
            left = box.left + scrollLeft - clientLeft;