I'm trying to manipulate an element called onmouseover within an anchor,
without using the non-standard offsetParent, offsetLeft and offsetTop that
works in only IE and Netscape 6+.

There's a function floating about that helps one determine the position from
which the function was called, creating an array for the x and y coordinates
measured in pixels.  This is useful for using, for example, drop-down menus
that appear when you mouse over an element.

Problem is, this function only works if you REMOVE the XHTML DOCTYPE...it
does not appear to be a W3C-DOM standard.

I've found it difficult tracking down a useful alternative.  Any suggestions
on a way to find the x and y coordinates without giving up the DOCTYPE
declaration?

Here's the function that is not standard:
function findPosition( oLink ) {
  if( oLink.offsetParent ) {
    for( var posX = 0, posY = 0; oLink.offsetParent; oLink =
oLink.offsetParent ) {
      posX += oLink.offsetLeft;
      posY += oLink.offsetTop;
    }
    return [ posX, posY ];
  } else {
    return [ oLink.x, oLink.y ];
  }
}Thanks,Mike

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