Finding the position of a DOM element relative to the window?

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I have found many people asking this question and the answers all involve getting the offset then doing some calculations to include the scroll positions.

But what if the element might be in a parent element that is position:fixed?

Is there a much easier way to calculate the element's position?

The answers here may provide some insight to you: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/442404/retrieve-the-position-x-y-of-an-html-element — Carson Crane, Oct 30 '15 at 19:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '15 at 19:26

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Try element.getBoundingClientRect(); This shouldn't need you to use scroll positions in your calculations.

answered Oct 30 '15 at 19:26

Hello Dave

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