<ul class="UIAPIPlugin-toc">
<li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="#options">Arguments</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="UIAPIPlugin">
<h1>jQuery UI Position Utility</h1>
<div id="overview">
<h2 class="top-header">Overview</h2>
<div id="overview-main">
<p>Utility script for positioning any widget relative to the window, document, a particular element, or the cursor/mouse.</p>
<p><em>Note: jQuery UI does not support positioning hidden elements.</em></p>
<p>Does not need ui.core.js or effects.core.js.</p>
</div>
<div id="overview-dependencies">
<h3>Dependencies</h3>
<ul>
<li><i>none (only jQuery core)</i></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="overview-example">
<h3>Example</h3>
<div id="overview-example" class="example">
<ul><li><a href="#demo"><span>Demo</span></a></li><li><a href="#source"><span>View Source</span></a></li></ul>
<p><div id="demo" class="tabs-container" rel="300">
Clicking on the green element transfers to the other.<br />
</p>
<pre>
$("#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"
});
});
</pre>
<p></div><div id="source" class="tabs-container">
</p>
<pre><!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/1.5/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>
</pre>
<p></div>
</p><p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="options">
<h2 class="top-header">Arguments</h2>
<ul class="options-list">
<li class="option" id="option-my">
<div class="option-header">
<h3 class="option-name"><a href="#option-my">my</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
<dd class="option-type">String</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="option-description">
<p>Defines which position on <b>the element being positioned</b> to align with the target element: "horizontal vertical" alignment. A single value such as "right" will default to "right center", "top" will default to "center top" (following CSS convention). Acceptable values: "top", "center", "bottom", "left", "right". Example: "left top" or "center center"</p>
</div>
</li>
<li class="option" id="option-at">
<div class="option-header">
<h3 class="option-name"><a href="#option-at">at</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
<dd class="option-type">String</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="option-description">
<p>Defines which position on <b>the target element</b> to align the positioned element against: "horizontal vertical" alignment. A single value such as "right" will default to "right center", "top" will default to "center top" (following CSS convention). Acceptable values: "top", "center", "bottom", "left", "right". Example: "left top" or "center center"</p>
</div>
</li>
<li class="option" id="option-of">
<div class="option-header">
<h3 class="option-name"><a href="#option-of">of</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
<dd class="option-type">Selector, Element, jQuery, Event</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="option-description">
<p>Element to position against. If you provide a selector, the first matching element will be used. If you provide a jQuery object, the first element will be used. If you provide an event object, the pageX and pageY properties will be used. Example: "#top-menu"</p>
</div>
</li>
<li class="option" id="option-offset">
<div class="option-header">
<h3 class="option-name"><a href="#option-offset">offset</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
<dd class="option-type">String</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="option-description">
<p>Add these left-top values to the calculated position, eg. "50 50" (left top) A single value such as "50" will apply to both.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li class="option" id="option-collision">
<div class="option-header">
<h3 class="option-name"><a href="#option-collision">collision</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
<dd class="option-type">String</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="option-description">
<p>When the positioned element overflows the window in some direction, move it to an alternative position. Similar to my and at, this accepts a single value or a pair for horizontal/vertical, eg. "flip", "fit", "fit flip", "fit none".
</p>
<ul><li> <b>flip</b>: to the opposite side and the collision detection is run again to see if it will fit. If it won't fit in either position, the center option should be used as a fall back.
</li><li> <b>fit</b>: so the element keeps in the desired direction, but is re-positioned so it fits.
</li><li> <b>none</b>: not do collision detection.
</li></ul>
<p></p>
</div>
</li>
<li class="option" id="option-using">
<div class="option-header">
<h3 class="option-name"><a href="#option-using">using</a></h3>
<dl>
<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
<dd class="option-type">Function</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="option-description">
<p>When specified the actual property setting is delegated to this callback. Receives a single parameter which is a hash of top and left values for the position that should be set.</p>
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</li>
</ul>
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