Finding x y position of <table> on page

[RonHerman]

I have a series of tables, one after another, on a page. I'd like to know the y position of these tables. But the tables are not absolute positioned. So i don't know if this is possible. I've tried surrounding a table with <div id='someid'></div> and then at the end of the page using

<script>
alert( document.getElementByID('someid').style.pixelTop );
</script>

but this reports 0. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ron S.H.

 

[RonHerman]

Oh, yes, I'm only concerned with making this work in IE.

 

[jemminger]

alert( document.getElementByID('someid').offsetTop );


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try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); }
-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

 

[RonHerman]

offsetTop is used by Netscape. pixelTop is used by IE. But neither works in IE.

 

[RonHerman]

this works: alert( findme.offsetTop );

 

[palbano]

>> this works: alert( findme.offsetTop );

so, jeff's post is correct, yes?

-pete

 

[RonHerman]

Yes, Jeff's post is correct. THANK YOU Jeff!!
However, I was not able to get:

alert( document.getElementByID('someid').offsetTop );

to work, so I used:

alert( someid.offsetTop );

instead.

Ron

 

[jemminger]

Ron,

does your element have id='someid' or just name='someid'?

you need to use &quot;id&quot; if you want getElementById() to work.



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try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); }
-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

 

[xutopia]

Jeff,

I think he's using IE4.x which as you most likely know doesn't understand document.getElementById but understands direct references to the ID element (which I'd like to see become a standard).

Ron,

I recommend you use document.getElementById(yourID) as Jemminger rightfully pointed out so that it works in future browsers (it is a standard and as responsible developers should follow them, read more here :

http://www.webstandards.org/act/campaign/buc/).

This bit of code will fix the document.getElementById method so that it works with older non-standard compliant browsers. Add this to your code to make it work with older versions of IE (that don't understand document.getElementById).

if (!document.getElementById)
{
document.getElementById = function(id)
{
return document.all[id]
}
}

I hope this helps you out.

Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran
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[xutopia]

Ron,

Sorry the link was meant to be :

http://www.webstandards.org/learn/

Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran
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[RonHerman]

Gary, thank you. I will use your code. I appreciate your help!
Ron