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As of Prototype 1.6, the complete Position object has been deprecated in favor of methods on the Element object.

The Position object provides a series of methods that help with element positioning and layout-related issues. These are mainly used by third party UI libraries like script.aculo.us.

Methods

absolutize
deprecated

absolutize(element)

Turns element into an absolutely-positioned element without changing its position in the page layout.

clone
deprecated

clone(source, target[, options]) -> [Number, Number]

Clones the position and/or dimensions of source onto target as defined by the optional argument options.

cumulativeOffset
deprecated

cumulativeOffset(element) -> [Number, Number]

Returns the offsets of element from the top left corner of the document.

offsetParent
deprecated

offsetParent(element) -> HTMLElement

Returns element’s closest positioned ancestor. If none is found, the body element is returned.

overlap
deprecated

overlap(mode, element) -> Number

Returns a Number between 0 and 1 corresponding to the proportion to which element overlaps the point previously defined by Position.within. mode can be set to either vertical or horizontal.

page
deprecated

page(element) -> [Number, Number]

Returns the X/Y coordinates of element relative to the viewport.

positionedOffset
deprecated

positionedOffset(element) -> [Number, Number]

Calculates the element’s offset relative to its closest positioned ancestor (i.e., the element that would be returned by Position.offsetParent(element).

prepare
deprecated

prepare()

Calculates document scroll offsets for use with Position.withinIncludingScrolloffsets.

realOffset
deprecated

realOffset(element) -> [Number, Number]

Calculates the cumulative scroll offset of an element in nested scrolling containers.

relativize
deprecated

relativize(element)

Turns element into an relatively-positioned element without changing its position in the page layout.

within
deprecated

within(element, x, y) -> Boolean

Indicates whether the point x, y (measured from the top-left corner of the document) is within the boundaries of element. Must be called immediately before Position.overlap.

withinIncludingScrolloffsets
deprecated

withinIncludingScrolloffsets(element, x, y) -> Boolean

Indicates whether the point x, y (measured from the top-left corner of the document) is within the boundaries of element. Used instead of Position.within whenever element is a child of a scrolling container. Must be called immediately before Position.overlap and immediately after Position.prepare.