object position wont work with netscape, need help! 1

[fredes65]

I have this neet code that I got from some helpful people on the list which gets the absolute position of a relatively positioned object including its parent objects.
The problem is that it works great on ie but not at all in Netscape. Anyone know why? Please help!!
heres the code:

function showmenu(elemName) {


if (document.getElementById) {

t = elemName.offsetTop;
l = elemName.offsetLeft;
tempelem = elemName;
while (tempelem.parentNode != null) {
tempelem = tempelem.parentNode;
t = t + tempelem.offsetTop;
l = l + tempelem.offsetLeft;
}
}

 

[UNIMENT]

Here's the basic syntax for getting the position:

IE: document.all.myDiv.offsetLeft / offsetTop
NS4: document.layers.myDiv.pageX / pageY
NS6: document.getElementById("myDiv&quot.offsetLeft / offsetTop

 

[fredes65]

thanks,

the way my code works with ns6 does not produce the same results as IE. the positions found are way off scale!

could you explain why this is so?

cheers
fred