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jQuery: Find position the exact position of an element in the browser window

I used this to display a dynamically created Div beside the clicked element.

var pos = $('#button_id').position();
alert("POSITION: nLeft: "+pos.left + "nTop: " + pos.top);
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5 Responses to jQuery: Find position the exact position of an element in the browser window

  1. dudeguy says:

    It’s ok to have a comment.

  2. Jai says:

    Cool! Thanks for the tip!

  3. BogusRed says:

    Thanks for this. needed it to create a drop down menu in a fixed width centered layout. came in handy!

  4. azadious says:

    Reference of another element.

    Non-window browser.

  5. test says:

    thnaks gud Solution really helpfu

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