jQuery Style How to - Get element position on the page

Question

We would like to know how to get element position on the page.

Answer


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<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.2.js'></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
             $("h1").bind("dblclick", function(e){
                 var str = "( " + e.pageX + ", " + e.pageY + " )";
                 $("h1").text("Click happened! " + str);
             });
        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
       <div><h1>header 1</h1></div>
  </body>
</html>

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