I want to calculate the bounding box of a div element via jQuery/JavaScript.
I tried the following code:
//The left side of the box document.getElementById("myElement").offsetLeft; //Top of the box document.getElementById("myElement").offsetTop; //right side of the box document.getElementById("myElement").offsetLeft document.getElementById("myElement").offsetWidth; //bottom of the box document.getElementById("myElement").offsetTop document.getElementById("myElement").offsetHeight; It returns some value. Is this the correct way to get the bounding box of a div element via jQuery/JavaScript.
I need something similar to the getBBox() method in the SVG element. It will return the x, y, width, and height of the element. Likewise, how do I get the bounding box of a div element?
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Since this is specifically marked for jQuery -
$("#myElement")[0].getBoundingClientRect();or
$("#myElement").get(0).getBoundingClientRect();(The two are functionally the same, in some older browsers,
.get()is slightly faster)Please note that if you try to get the value via a jQuery call, it will not take into account any css transform values, which may lead to unexpected results...
Note 2: In jQuery 3.0, it has been changed to use the appropriate
getBoundingClientRect()call to make its own size calls (seejQuery Core 3.0 Upgrade Guide) - This means that the other jQuery answers will eventually always be correct - but only when using new jQuery versions - which is why it's called a breaking change...You can get the bounding box of any element by calling thegetBoundingClientRectmethod.
var rect = document.getElementById("myElement").getBoundingClientRect();This will return an object with left, top, width and height fields.