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Offset

Offset

Will return an object that at least have a "left" and a "top" property. If the getBoundingClientRect method is present, the position will be relative to the viewpoint, otherwise it will be absolute, so the results will only coincide if the viewport is 0,0 (initial page load should suffice). In some circumstances, the fallback will be imprecise, but you can only do so much with 138 bytes.

Thanks to @jbebe for inspiring me to the recursive approach and to @jed for having this funny little challenge with me.

function o(
a,
x,
y,
z
){
// if a is present and supports the getBoundingClient method
return a && a[z='getBoundingClientRect'] ?
// use it
a[z]() :
// otherwise check if a is present
// (document.body.offsetParent === null)
a ?
// if yes, recursively call
o(
// with the offset parent
a.offsetParent,
// and a normalized x
~~x+~~a.offsetLeft,
// and y value increased by the relative offset
~~y+~~a.offsetTop
) :
// otherwise return the offset object composed from x and y
{ left: x, top: y }
}
function o(a,x,y,z){return a&&a[z='getBoundingClientRect']?a[z]():a?o(a.offsetParent,~~x+~~a.offsetLeft,~~y+~~a.offsetTop):{left:x,top:y}}
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Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2013 Alex Kloss <alexthkloss@web.de>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
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{
"name": "offset",
"description": "Primitive DOM offset function with fallback for getBoundingClientRect",
"keywords": [
"DOM",
"node",
"offset",
"fallback",
"getBoundingClientRect"
]
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>Foo</title>
<div>Expected value: <b>left: x, top: y</b> (values may differ depending on browser/-settings)</div>
<div>Actual value: <b id="ret"></b></div>
<script>
function o(a,x,y,z){return a&&a[z='getBoundingClientRect']?a[z]():a?o(a.offsetParent,~~x+~~a.offsetLeft,~~y+~~a.offsetTop):{left:x,top:y}}
var ret = document.getElementById( "ret" ), offset = o(ret);
ret.innerHTML = 'left: '+offset.left+', top: '+offset.top;
</script>
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atk commented Jun 5, 2013

If you want to account for the viewport position, use the rather longer variant:

function o(a,x,y,z){return a&&a[z='getBoundingClientRect']&&(a=a[z](),z=document.documentElement)?{left:(this.pageXOffset||z.scrollLeft)+a.left,top:(this.pageYOffset||z.scrollTop)+a.top}:a?o(a.offsetParent,~~x+~~a.offsetLeft,~~y+~~a.offsetTop):{left:x,top:y}}

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