offset returns top/left = 0 for a position: absolute / display: none div element

[epsilon68]

Offset returns a top / left = 0 for my div that is in position absolute and in display none.

this is blocking me to switch completely from Interface to jQuery-UI

I need to have the transfer between a displayed element to another one not yet visible, fade in after the transfer effect.

Many thanks in advance for your help and thanks a million for your work !!!

Cheers, Sylvain Pointeau

[epsilon68]

test case

[epsilon68]

Any feedback? someone is working on it? How can I help you?

[dmethvin]

​http://docs.jquery.com/CSS/offset "The method works only with visible elements."

You could set display:block before calling offset() though.

[dmethvin]

Actually, I'll reopen this and let brandon or others weigh in on whether removing this limit is practical.

[brandon]

Checking to see if the element is hidden is to much overhead for an already costly method. We would just be setting it's display to block (like interface was doing) before calculating offset. Just call .show().offset().

[estaples]

Replying to brandon:

Checking to see if the element is hidden is to much overhead for an already costly method. We would just be setting it's display to block (like interface was doing) before calculating offset. Just call .show().offset().

Thanks for sharing that workaround. This issue was kicking my behind!