offsetParent exception in MSIE

[offwhite]

There is a bug in IE when using offsetParent. It is explained at the link below. I came across this problem and was able to work around the problem with a try/catch block as shown in the code below.

Is there another way to this? I noticed there are no try/catch blocks in the rest of the code. Is there a reason to avoid them?

Error explained: ​http://weblogs.asp.net/rajbk/archive/2006/11/29/ie-6-7-unspecified-error-when-accessing-offsetparent-javascript.aspx

getPositionLite : function(el) {

var x = 0, y = 0; while(el) {

x += el.offsetLeft y += el.offsetTop

0;

0;

try {

el = el.offsetParent;

} catch (e) {

el = null;

}

} return {x:x, y:y};

},

[offwhite]

​http://interface.eyecon.ro/

BTW, this is for the Interface Elements plugin. The documentation directed me to submit the bug here.

[scott.gonzal]

Interface is no longer supported; consider switching to ​jQuery UI.