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How can I find location of an object in page? When the user clicks a button, I'd like to be able to send the ID of its container object (e.g., a table) to (presumably) a Javascript routine to find out the top and left pixel coordinates of the object -- relative to the screen and/or browser window. Anyone know whether this can be done and how to go about it? To trigger the same process, is it possible to capture the click event of the browser's scroll bars? Started By scwilson on Oct 20, 2004 at 3:53:44 PM

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hedger on Oct 20, 2004 at 7:32:26 PM Oh thanks God and dear ChrisRickard . document.getBoxObjectFor()  is exactlly what I need. Where did you learn that? here is the general solution function getPos(el) { var x,w,y,h; if (document.getBoxObjectFor) { var bo = document.getBoxObjectFor(el); x = bo.x; w = bo.width; y = bo.y; h = bo.height; } else if (el.getBoundingClientRect) { var rect = el.getBoundingClientRect(); x = rect.left; w = rect.right - rect.left; y = rect.top; h = rect.bottom - rect.top; }  el.x = x; el.y=y; el.w= w; el.h = h; alert("Left: " + x + "\rTop: " + y + "\rWidth: " + w + "\rHeight: " + h); }

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