jQuery.scrollLeft() when direction is rtl - different values in different browsers

Question

The scrollLeft property of a div seems to return different values in different browsers when the body direction is rtl.

An example can be seen here - http://jsfiddle

Answer 1

Although I was hoping to avoid that, I ended up using browser detection:

function GetScrollLeft(elem)
{
    var scrollLeft = elem.scrollLeft();
    if ($("body").css("direction").toLowerCase() == "rtl")
    {
        // Absolute value - gets IE and FF to return the same values
        var scrollLeft = Math.abs(scrollLeft);

        // Get Chrome and Safari to return the same value as well
        if ($.browser.webkit)
        {
            scrollLeft = elem[0].scrollWidth - elem[0].clientWidth - scrollLeft;
        }
    }
    return scrollLeft;
}

Answer 2

Browser incompatibilities. Try this