Question

How can I increase css values with jquery?

I want to increase values such as top and left, this is what i tried but does not work:

var left = 5;
$(.object).css("left" + 5);

the thing is that i need the value to be an integer rather than a string like “5px”. I need 5 so that i can change it with numerical expressions.

Answer 1

Yankee is right:

var left = parseInt($(object).css("left")); 

$(object).css('left', left+5);