I have a scrolling element inside a window.
Say a division having a class "currentContainer" with overflow auto and that division contains huge amount of text so that it is definitely large enough to be scrolling.
Now I have to do some calculations based on how much the "currentContainer" has scrolled down + what is the offset of a specific element from its parent scrolling div (that is "currentCoantainer").
But while calculating offset I always get the offset of the inner child element with regard to window not with the "currentContainer".
@Shikkediel I also tried using position().top instead of offset().top but is is also giving the same result. Have a look at it :
Please do not suggest using :
$("<reference of scrolling element").scrollTop()
+
$("<reference of child element whose offset I want to calculate>").offset().top
Because this is going to complicate my actual calculations which I am about to do beyond this.
Reason for why I do not want to use the above mentioned approach is that I am trying to modify an existing code which is already too messy but is working perfectly with regard to window I just have to update it so that it starts working relative to its parent scrolling div.
I tried using above mentioned approach but it opened a box of crabs for me. because functions are too much tightly coupled. So I think if I can get simple and straight solution i.e. replacing .offset().top with something else.
I tried debugging the code and still no luck I have added the actual code at http://jsfiddle.net/arpitajain/kwkm7com/
P.S. It is actual code but not complete I think The rest of the code was not needed for this error.
You could just subtract the offset of the parent element from the offset of the child element. Will that complicate the other things you need to do as well?
$(".getoffset").offset().top - $(".getoffset").offsetParent().offset().top