Find absolute position of relative element http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3930391/getting-absolute-position-of-an-element-relative-to-browser

Find absolute position of relative element

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heavy.js

function findPos(obj, foundScrollLeft, foundScrollTop) {
    var curleft = 0;
    var curtop = 0;
    if(obj.offsetLeft) curleft += parseInt(obj.offsetLeft);
    if(obj.offsetTop) curtop += parseInt(obj.offsetTop);
    if(obj.scrollTop && obj.scrollTop > 0) {
        curtop -= parseInt(obj.scrollTop);
        foundScrollTop = true;
    }
    if(obj.scrollLeft && obj.scrollLeft > 0) {
        curleft -= parseInt(obj.scrollLeft);
        foundScrollLeft = true;
    }
    if(obj.offsetParent) {
        var pos = findPos(obj.offsetParent, foundScrollLeft, foundScrollTop);
        curleft += pos[0];
        curtop += pos[1];
    } else if(obj.ownerDocument) {
        var thewindow = obj.ownerDocument.defaultView;
        if(!thewindow && obj.ownerDocument.parentWindow)
            thewindow = obj.ownerDocument.parentWindow;
        if(thewindow) {
            if (!foundScrollTop && thewindow.scrollY && thewindow.scrollY > 0) curtop -= parseInt(thewindow.scrollY);
            if (!foundScrollLeft && thewindow.scrollX && thewindow.scrollX > 0) curleft -= parseInt(thewindow.scrollX);
            if(thewindow.frameElement) {
                var pos = findPos(thewindow.frameElement);
                curleft += pos[0];
                curtop += pos[1];
            }
        }
    }

    return [curleft,curtop];
}

light.js

function findPos(obj) {
    var curleft = 0;
    var curtop = 0;
    if(obj.offsetLeft) curleft += parseInt(obj.offsetLeft);
    if(obj.offsetTop) curtop += parseInt(obj.offsetTop);
    if(obj.scrollTop && obj.scrollTop > 0) curtop -= parseInt(obj.scrollTop);
    if(obj.offsetParent) {
        var pos = findPos(obj.offsetParent);
        curleft += pos[0];
        curtop += pos[1];
    } else if(obj.ownerDocument) {
        var thewindow = obj.ownerDocument.defaultView;
        if(!thewindow && obj.ownerDocument.parentWindow)
            thewindow = obj.ownerDocument.parentWindow;
        if(thewindow) {
            if(thewindow.frameElement) {
                var pos = findPos(thewindow.frameElement);
                curleft += pos[0];
                curtop += pos[1];
            }
        }
    }

    return [curleft,curtop];
}