JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="test">
TEST TEST
</div>
<div id="console">
</div>
CSS
#test {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: green;
position: absolute;
left: 50px;
top: 50px;
-webkit-transform: scale(0.5);
-moz-transform: scale(0.5);
}
#console {
margin-top: 150px;
padding: 5px;
background-color: #ddd;
}
JavaScript
var pos = $('#test').position();
var off = $('#test').offset();
var left = $('#test').css('left');
var top = $('#test').css('top');
$('#console').append('<p>position left: '+pos.left+'</p>');
$('#console').append('<p>position top: '+pos.top+'</p>');
$('#console').append('<p>offset left: '+off.left+'</p>');
$('#console').append('<p>offset top: '+off.top+'</p>');
$('#console').append('<p>css left: '+left+'</p>');
$('#console').append('<p>css top: '+top+'</p>');