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HTML

<div id="object">OBJECT!</div>

<p>
    <a href="#" id="clickhere">click me</a>
</p>

CSS

#object {
    position:relative;
    left:0px
}

JavaScript

var xMove = 20;
$("#clickhere").click(function() {
    var obj = $("#object");
    obj.css({left: obj.position().left + xMove + 'px'});
    return false;
});