getElementDimensions (JavaScript)

This function returns the dimensions of an element (left, right, top, bottom, width and height). You can pass on either a string (which gets the element by ID), or the element itself.

function getElementDimensions(el)
{
 if(typeof(el) == "string")
 {
  el = document.getElementById(el);
 }
 if(!el || !el.offsetParent) return false;
 var left = el.offsetLeft, top = el.offsetTop, width = el.offsetWidth, height = el.offsetHeight;
 do
 {
  el = el.offsetParent, left+= el.offsetLeft, top+= el.offsetTop;
 }
 while (el.offsetParent);
 return {"left" : left, "right" : left + width, "top" : top, "bottom" : top + height, "width" : width, "height" : height};
}

Example use:

var foo = document.getElementById("foo");
var fooDim = getElementDimensions(foo);
if(fooDim)
{
  alert(fooDim.left);
} 
var barDim = getElementDimensions("bar");
if(barDim)
{
  alert(barDim.top);
}

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