The position() method gets the top and left position of the element relative to its offset parent.
The returned object contains two Integer properties, top and left. For accurate calculations, make sure to use pixel values for margins, borders and padding. This method only works on visible elements.
position( ) - syntax
selector.position( )
position( ) - example
Following is a simple example that simply illustrates the usage of this method −
<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("div").click(function () { var position=$(this).position(); $("#lresult").html("left position: <span>" + position.left + "</span>."); $("#tresult").html("top position: <span>" + position.top + "</span>."); }); }); </script> <style> div { width:60px; height:60px; margin:5px; float:left; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Click on any square:</p> <span id="lresult"> </span> <span id="tresult"> </span> <div style="background-color:blue;"></div> <div style="background-color:pink;"></div> <div style="background-color:#123456;"></div> <div style="background-color:#f11;"></div> </body> </html>
This will produce the following output -
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