DOM Enlightenment Book

by peroli

HTML

<script src="https://getfirebug.com/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>
<div></div>







































<h4 style="border-top:1px solid #ADADAD;padding-top:20px;margin-top:20px;"><strong>&larr; Code Example from <a href="http://www.domenlightenment.com/" target="_blank">DOM Enlightenment Book</a> by <a href="http://www.codylindley.com" target="_blank">Cody Lindley</a></strong></h4>

<p>JavaScript code is executed on page load. Click the "Run" button in the top bar to re-run the JavaScript code. All <code>console.log()'s</code> are logged to the <a href="http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite" target="_blank">Firebug Lite</a> console below
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CSS

body {
  margin: 0;
}

div {
  height: 50px;
  width: 50px;
  background-color: red;
  border: 10px solid gray;
  margin: 100px;
}

JavaScript

var divEdges = document.querySelector('div').getBoundingClientRect();

console.log(divEdges.top, divEdges.right, divEdges.bottom, divEdges.left); //logs '100 170 170 100'