How to get offset relative to a specific parent?

Question

I want to get the offset of an element relative to a specific parent not the direct one and not the document.

I looked for that on the internet and found the offset and position JQuery methods. But seems they don't help me in my situation ( relative to a specific parent)

Any help!

Answer 1

You can try this out:

var offsetLeft = $('#myElement').position().left - $('#myElement').closest('#crazyAncestor').position().left;
var offsetTop = $('#myElement').position().top - $('#myElement').closest('#crazyAncestor').position().top;