Question

I’m coming from a flash/flex background, so forgive me if this is an off question, but I’m wondering if I can place an element at exactly some pixel position on the screen. Pixel can be substituted for any measurement of position.

Is this even possible in javascript? How do you control where elements are drawn in javascript/html?

Answer 1

myEl.style.position = 'absolute';
myEl.style.left     = x+'px';
myEl.style.top      = y+'px';

Note that this will position the element absolutely with respect to its positioned parent; you may need to account for the position(s) of the positioned parent(s) to get it absolute to the screen.