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HTMLElement: offsetTop property

The HTMLElement.offsetTop read-only property returns the distance of the outer border of the current element relative to the inner border of the top of the offsetParent, the closest positioned ancestor element.

Value

A number.

Examples

js

const d = document.getElementById("div1");
const topPos = d.offsetTop;

if (topPos > 10) {
  // object offset is more
  // than 10 pixels from its parent
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
offsetTop 1 12 1 5.5 8 3 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0

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