Window top and left position - can they be acquired? 1

[XgrinderX]

Hello!

We have an application that pops up windows for different kinds of data displays. We use window.moveTo and window.resizeTo to control the beginning location and size of these windows.

Our users are asking if we can save settings such that when they move a window, the next time they open it, it will open in the position they moved it to.

Is there a way to grab the current window position? I know that 'top' and 'left' are options in the window.open features, but I can't find anything that says I can then grab those values later. Is there a way to get thos values after a user moves the window?

-Greg

 

[adam0101]

In Internet Explorer you can use window.screenLeft and window.screenTop

Adam

 

[XgrinderX]

AH! I kept looking in my JavaScript book under window.screen to se if there was a .top or .left value. I never looked for .screenTop or.screenLeft.

THANKS!!!

 

[clarkin]

Also have a look at:
window.pageXOffset
window.pageYOffset

I can't quite work out from the explanation at

http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/ecmascript/quickref/window.html

if they'll do what you want, they might be just the scrolled-to location. Sure give it a go and let us know.

Try and avoid IE-only fixes unless you have a captive audience.

Posting code? Wrap it with code tags: [ignore]

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[ignore][/code][/ignore].

 

[XgrinderX]

Try and avoid IE-only fixes unless you have a captive audience.

Yeah, as a matter of fact, this is an intranet application so we know that all the machines are going to be running IE.

I tried window.screenLeft and window.screenTop and they grab the initial values fine, but after the window is moved they seem to return useless numbers in the 100,000 range. And no matter where I move the window, they will always return the same value.

I will try the page offset properties tomorrow (Monday) and see if I can make them work. I'll let you know what I find out.

Thanks!

-Greg

 

[XgrinderX]

Those page offset properties apply to the document within the window and return how many pixels the document has been scrolled.

So far I have not found any good way to determine top and left position after a window has been moved. Anyone else out there have any ideas?