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How to find left position of element in horizontal scroll container using jQuery?
To find the left position of element in horizontal scroll container using jQuery, use the animate() function with the scrollLeft() function.
Example
You can try to run the following code to learn how to find left position of an element in horizontal scroll container:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function() { var scrollArea = $('#box'); var toScroll = $('#box .myclass'); function myScroll() { toScroll.each(function() { var self = $(this); $(this).css('cursor', 'pointer'); $(this).on('click', function () { var leftOffset = self.offset().left - scrollArea.offset().left + scrollArea.scrollLeft(); scrollArea.animate({ scrollLeft: leftOffset }); alert(leftOffset); }); }); }; myScroll(); }); </script> <style> #box { width: 250px; height: 300px; margin-left: 20px; border: 1px solid black; overflow-x: scroll; white-space: nowrap; } .myclass { width: 250px; height: 100px; margin: 35px; display: inline-block; background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, red , blue); background: -o-linear-gradient(right, red, blue); background: -moz-linear-gradient(right, red, blue); background: linear-gradient(to right, red , blue); } </style> </head> <body> <p>Get left position of element.</p> <div id="box"> <div class="myclass">First (Click Me)</div> <div class="myclass">Second (Click Me)</div> <div class="myclass">Third (Click Me)</div> </div> </body> </html>
Updated on: 2019-12-10T07:42:23+05:30
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