jQuery UI Position Utility

Overview

Utility script for absolutely positioning any widget relative to the window, document, a particular element, or the cursor/mouse.

Do not need ui.core.js or effects.core.js.

Dependencies

  • none (only jQuery core)

Example

Clicking on the green element transfers to the other.

$("#position1").position({
  my: "center",
  at: "center",
  of: "#targetElement"
});
$("#position2").position({
  my: "left top",
  at: "left top",
  of: "#targetElement"
});
$("#position3").position({
  my: "right center",
  at: "right bottom",
  of: "#targetElement"
});
$(document).mousemove(function(ev){
  $("#position4").position({
    my: "left bottom",
    of: ev,
    offset: "3 -3",
    collision: "fit"
  });
});



<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link type="text/css" href="http://jqueryui.com/latest/themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css" rel="stylesheet" />
  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryui.com/latest/jquery-1.4.2.js"></script>
  
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.8rc1/jquery-1.4.1.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.8rc1/ui/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
#targetElement { width:240px;height:200px;background-color:#999;margin:30px auto; }
.positionDiv { width:50px;height:50px;opacity:0.6; }
#position1 {background-color:#F00;}
#position2 {background-color:#0F0;}
#position3 {background-color:#00F;}
#position4 {background-color:#FF0;}
</style>

  <script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function(){
    
$("#position1").position({
  my: "center",
  at: "center",
  of: "#targetElement"
});
$("#position2").position({
  my: "left top",
  at: "left top",
  of: "#targetElement"
});
$("#position3").position({
  my: "right center",
  at: "right bottom",
  of: "#targetElement"
});
$(document).mousemove(function(ev){
  $("#position4").position({
    my: "left bottom",
    of: ev,
    offset: "3 -3",
    collision: "fit"
  });
});

  });
  </script>
</head>
<body style="font-size:62.5%;">
  
<div id="targetElement">
  <div class="positionDiv" id="position1"></div>
  <div class="positionDiv" id="position2"></div>
  <div class="positionDiv" id="position3"></div>
  <div class="positionDiv" id="position4"></div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Arguments