Question

I have a code like that:

$('#lol').css({ position: "absolute",

        marginLeft: 0, marginTop: 0,

        top: 0, left: 0});

The problem is that my div is positioned relatively, so it is point 0 of a div rather than the entire window. Why is that?

Answer 1

As pointed out in the other answers, at least one of the parent element of #lol has a position set, that causes your element to be positioned within the parent.

A solution with jQuery would be to attach the element directly to body.

$('#lol').css({ 
    position: "absolute",
    marginLeft: 0, marginTop: 0,
    top: 0, left: 0
}).appendTo('body');

This will make it to appear top left of the window.