How to get the top position of an element?

Question

Is possible with javascript/jquery to get the top position of an element?

The element is a table, if that matter.

Answer 1

Try: $('#mytable').attr('offsetTop')

Answer 2

document.getElementById("elem").style.top is how you reach this in JS.

Answer 3

$("#myTable").offset().top;

This will give you the computed offset (relative to document) of any object.

Answer 4

If you want the position relative to the document then:

$("#myTable").offset().top;

but often you will want the position relative to the closest positioned parent:

$("#myTable").position().top;