[jQuery] Re: offSetTop offsetLeft return NULL

[Michael Geary]

offsetLeft and offsetTop are properties of a DOM element, not a jQuery
object.

A jQuery object does have an offset() method which returns an object
containing left and top properties, e.g.

var offset = jQuery(a).eq(index).offset();
var e_ox = offset.left;
var e_oy = offset.top;

Note that these are relative to the *viewport* - not the same values you'd
get from the offsetLeft and offsetTop properties. If you want those, you can
can get them directly from the DOM element:

var element = jQuery(a)[index];
var e_ox = element.offsetLeft;
var e_oy = element.offsetTop;

-Mike
 
 I have these functions:
 var e_w = jQuery(a).eq(index).width(); var e_h = 
 jQuery(a).eq(index).height(); var e_ox = 
 jQuery(a).eq(index).offsetLeft; var e_oy = 
 jQuery(a).eq(index).offsetTop;
 
 the first 2 return numbers such as 50 and 100. But the last 2 
 each return NULL.
 
 Why are they returning NULL? How can I get the offset of an 
 element given it's index in terms of a tags?

[jQuery] Re: offSetTop offsetLeft return NULL

[Carl Von Stetten]

Dan,

Try:

var e_ox = jQuery(a).eq(index).offset().left;
var e_oy = jQuery(a).eq(index).offset().top;

HTH,
Carl

On Jul 3, 11:49 am, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I have these functions:
 var e_w = jQuery(a).eq(index).width();
 var e_h = jQuery(a).eq(index).height();
 var e_ox = jQuery(a).eq(index).offsetLeft;
 var e_oy = jQuery(a).eq(index).offsetTop;

 the first 2 return numbers such as 50 and 100. But the last 2 each
 return NULL.

 Why are they returning NULL? How can I get the offset of an element
 given it's index in terms of a tags?