How do I find the absolute position of an element using jQuery

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Is there a way of finding the absolute position of an element  i e  relative to the start of the window  using jQuery

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offset   will return the offset position of an element as a simple object  eg   var position     element  offset       position     left  42  top  567     You can use this return value to position other elements at the same spot     anotherElement  css position

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Note that   element  offset   tells you the position of an element relative to the document  This works great in most circumstances  but in the case of position fixed you can get unexpected results   If your document is longer than the viewport and you have scrolled vertically toward the bottom of the document  then your position fixed element s offset   value will be greater than the expected value by the amount you have scrolled    If you are looking for a value relative to the viewport  window   rather than the document on a position fixed element  you can subtract the document s scrollTop   value from the fixed element s offset   top value  Example      el   offset   top -   document  scrollTop    If the position fixed element s offset parent is the document  you want to read parseInt   css  top    instead

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