Question

I would like to add to an element’s position a dynamic amount e.g. 40px to the right.

This code below for example gets an element’s right offset relative to the appropriate parent:

$('#example').css('right')

But it returns a string such as ’12px’, I want a method I can add numbers to.

As an analogue I am able to add a given amount to the width of an element as below:

$('#example').width($('#example').width()+355)

I would like to be able to do something similar to the position.

Thanks.

Answer 1

$('#example').css('right' , '+=355');

The += will take care of that for you.

jQuery 1.6+