Tryit Editor v1.8

Source Code:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="../../ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"> </script> <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>
Result:
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