How to get the value of a CSS property using JQuery?

Question

I am trying to set a box A to jump to the same x-position as box B. How do I do this? I tried the following but it does not work (the second line):

$("#boxa").animate({
   left: $("#boxb").left
}, 1000, function() { });
});

Thanks,

Sam

Answer 1

either

$('#boxB').css('left');

or

$('#boxB').offset().left;