Absolute .position() value

Question

Sometimes, when I ask for the .position().top value of some object, it does not return the absolute value, i.e. if some picture is added before, the .position().top value does not change. How may I ask for the absolute position of an object (in this case a div)?

@PrakharSingh, if there's no top set in css that will return empty. — Mouser, Feb 01 '15 at 11:50
Too bad I didn't post it as an answer. Give Mario the reward :) — Mouser, Feb 01 '15 at 11:55
@Mouser Sorry for that, I guess we had the same idea almost at the same time. — Mario A, Feb 01 '15 at 12:16
I shouldn't have used a comment, so no sorry here. You deserve it. Got XP enough. — Mouser, Feb 01 '15 at 12:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '15 at 11:52

From the jquery docs:

The .position() method allows us to retrieve the current position of an element relative to the offset parent. Contrast this with .offset(), which retrieves the current position relative to the document.

http://api.jquery.com/position/

So use .offset().

Absolute .position() value

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