jQuery position()
get top and left coordinate value
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"> </script>/*from w w w . j av a 2s .c o m*/ <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function(){ x = $("p").position(); $("#span1").text(x.top); $("#span2").text(x.left); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <div style="border:1px solid black;padding:100px;margin:50px;"> <p>Position of this paragraph (relative to its parent element) is <span id="span1">x</span> top and <span id="span2">x</span> left.</p> <button>Get position</button> </div> </body> </html>