jQuery UI Position Utility

Overview

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

Note: jQuery UI does not support positioning hidden elements.

Does 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 href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/jquery-ui.min.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>
  $(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