jQuery.fn.offset() returns ClientRect object for disconnected elements

[rholbrook]

Normally offset() returns a generic object with just top and left properties, however in the case of a disconnected element, it returns a ClientRect object instead. This causes problems for jQuery.fn.position(), which needs to modify properties of the returned object.

Tested on FireFox 3.5, IE 7, and Safari 5. Safari 5 doesn't throw an error, but silently fails to update the ClientRect object inside of position()

Example case: ​http://jsfiddle.net/Hm5w3/

​Quick fix, forked from latest jQuery on Github

[jitter]

​3rd party pull request

[Rick Waldron]

#7976 is a duplicate of this ticket.

[anonymous]

How come you still haven't pulled the patch? See pull requests 109 or 168!

[john]

Landed pull 109.