offset.js

// The Offset Method
// Originally By Brandon Aaron, part of the Dimension Plugin
// http://jquery.com/plugins/project/dimensions
jQuery.fn.offset = function() {
	var left = 0, top = 0, elem = this[0], results;

	if ( elem ) with ( jQuery.browser ) {
		var parent       = elem.parentNode,
		    offsetChild  = elem,
		    offsetParent = elem.offsetParent,
		    doc          = elem.ownerDocument,
		    safari2      = safari && parseInt(version) < 522 && !/adobeair/i.test(userAgent),
		    css          = jQuery.curCSS,
		    fixed        = css(elem, "position") == "fixed";

		// Use getBoundingClientRect if available
		if ( elem.getBoundingClientRect ) {
			var box = elem.getBoundingClientRect();

			// Add the document scroll offsets
			add(box.left + Math.max(doc.documentElement.scrollLeft, doc.body.scrollLeft),
				box.top  + Math.max(doc.documentElement.scrollTop,  doc.body.scrollTop));

			// IE adds the HTML element's border, by default it is medium which is 2px
			// IE 6 and 7 quirks mode the border width is overwritable by the following css html { border: 0; }
			// IE 7 standards mode, the border is always 2px
			// This border/offset is typically represented by the clientLeft and clientTop properties
			// However, in IE6 and 7 quirks mode the clientLeft and clientTop properties are not updated when overwriting it via CSS
			// Therefore this method will be off by 2px in IE while in quirksmode
			add( -doc.documentElement.clientLeft, -doc.documentElement.clientTop );

		// Otherwise loop through the offsetParents and parentNodes
		} else {

			// Initial element offsets
			add( elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop );

			// Get parent offsets
			while ( offsetParent ) {
				// Add offsetParent offsets
				add( offsetParent.offsetLeft, offsetParent.offsetTop );

				// Mozilla and Safari > 2 does not include the border on offset parents
				// However Mozilla adds the border for table or table cells
				if ( mozilla && !/^t(able|d|h)$/i.test(offsetParent.tagName) || safari && !safari2 )
					border( offsetParent );

				// Add the document scroll offsets if position is fixed on any offsetParent
				if ( !fixed && css(offsetParent, "position") == "fixed" )
					fixed = true;

				// Set offsetChild to previous offsetParent unless it is the body element
				offsetChild  = /^body$/i.test(offsetParent.tagName) ? offsetChild : offsetParent;
				// Get next offsetParent
				offsetParent = offsetParent.offsetParent;
			}

			// Get parent scroll offsets
			while ( parent && parent.tagName && !/^body|html$/i.test(parent.tagName) ) {
				// Remove parent scroll UNLESS that parent is inline or a table to work around Opera inline/table scrollLeft/Top bug
				if ( !/^inline|table.*$/i.test(css(parent, "display")) )
					// Subtract parent scroll offsets
					add( -parent.scrollLeft, -parent.scrollTop );

				// Mozilla does not add the border for a parent that has overflow != visible
				if ( mozilla && css(parent, "overflow") != "visible" )
					border( parent );

				// Get next parent
				parent = parent.parentNode;
			}

			// Safari <= 2 doubles body offsets with a fixed position element/offsetParent or absolutely positioned offsetChild
			// Mozilla doubles body offsets with a non-absolutely positioned offsetChild
			if ( (safari2 && (fixed || css(offsetChild, "position") == "absolute")) ||
				(mozilla && css(offsetChild, "position") != "absolute") )
					add( -doc.body.offsetLeft, -doc.body.offsetTop );

			// Add the document scroll offsets if position is fixed
			if ( fixed )
				add(Math.max(doc.documentElement.scrollLeft, doc.body.scrollLeft),
					Math.max(doc.documentElement.scrollTop,  doc.body.scrollTop));
		}

		// Return an object with top and left properties
		results = { top: top, left: left };
	}

	function border(elem) {
		add( jQuery.curCSS(elem, "borderLeftWidth", true), jQuery.curCSS(elem, "borderTopWidth", true) );
	}

	function add(l, t) {
		left += parseInt(l, 10) || 0;
		top += parseInt(t, 10) || 0;
	}

	return results;
};


jQuery.fn.extend({
	position: function() {
		var left = 0, top = 0, results;

		if ( this[0] ) {
			// Get *real* offsetParent
			var offsetParent = this.offsetParent(),

			// Get correct offsets
			offset       = this.offset(),
			parentOffset = /^body|html$/i.test(offsetParent[0].tagName) ? { top: 0, left: 0 } : offsetParent.offset();

			// Subtract element margins
			// note: when an element has margin: auto the offsetLeft and marginLeft 
			// are the same in Safari causing offset.left to incorrectly be 0
			offset.top  -= num( this, 'marginTop' );
			offset.left -= num( this, 'marginLeft' );

			// Add offsetParent borders
			parentOffset.top  += num( offsetParent, 'borderTopWidth' );
			parentOffset.left += num( offsetParent, 'borderLeftWidth' );

			// Subtract the two offsets
			results = {
				top:  offset.top  - parentOffset.top,
				left: offset.left - parentOffset.left
			};
		}

		return results;
	},

	offsetParent: function() {
		var offsetParent = this[0].offsetParent;
		while ( offsetParent && (!/^body|html$/i.test(offsetParent.tagName) && jQuery.css(offsetParent, 'position') == 'static') )
			offsetParent = offsetParent.offsetParent;
		return jQuery(offsetParent);
	}
});


// Create scrollLeft and scrollTop methods
jQuery.each( ['Left', 'Top'], function(i, name) {
	var method = 'scroll' + name;
	
	jQuery.fn[ method ] = function(val) {
		if (!this[0]) return;

		return val != undefined ?

			// Set the scroll offset
			this.each(function() {
				this == window || this == document ?
					window.scrollTo(
						!i ? val : jQuery(window).scrollLeft(),
						 i ? val : jQuery(window).scrollTop()
					) :
					this[ method ] = val;
			}) :

			// Return the scroll offset
			this[0] == window || this[0] == document ?
				self[ i ? 'pageYOffset' : 'pageXOffset' ] ||
					jQuery.boxModel && document.documentElement[ method ] ||
					document.body[ method ] :
				this[0][ method ];
	};
});