[webkit-dev] Accessing Web Kit DOM properties via Javascript

[Maciej Stachowiak]

On Jul 4, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Andrew Murphy wrote:

> Ahh.. I see now.  Thank you for clearing that up for me. :)
>
> Forgive me for asking but, does anyone know if there is a way to  
> access the
> true coordinates of page elements?

Yes, you can use offsetTop and offsetLeft properties in combination  
with offsetParent. Some Googling will tell you how to make it work.

  - Maciej

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: webkit-dev-bounces at lists.webkit.org
> [mailto:webkit-dev-bounces at lists.webkit.org] On Behalf Of Maciej  
> Stachowiak
> Sent: July 3, 2007 5:16 PM
> To: Darin Adler
> Cc: webkit-dev Development
> Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Accessing Web Kit DOM properties via  
> Javascript
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> On Jul 3, 2007, at 2:10 PM, Darin Adler wrote:
>
>> On Jul 3, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
>>
>>> On Jul 3, 2007, at 1:51 PM, Andrew Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>> For example, is it possible to access the "coords" property of an
>>>> "HTMLAnchorElement" like this:
>>>
>>> "coords" only applies to an HTMLAreaElement, not an
>>> HTMLAnchorElement.
>>
>> Are you sure?
>>
>> This lists coords for the anchor element: http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-
>> Level-2-HTML/html.html
>
> You're right, and the coords markup attribute is even allowed for A.
> Looking at the original example more closely, the result is an empty  
> string
> because no coords attribute is set on the A element in the markup.  
> coords
> reflects an attribute value, it does not give the true coordinates  
> of the A
> element. coords is meant for use with client- side image maps, and  
> to my
> knowledge only has an actual effect for AREA, not A.
>
> Regards,
> Maciej
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