jQuery: How to get the style attribute for "position" of an element? [duplicate]

Question

What is the proper mark-up in jQuery (or JavaScript) to get the style attribute "position" for an element in the DOM?

Example:

HTML

<div id="Parent">
    Parent Element
    <ul class="child">
        <li>
            <p>inner child elements</p>
        </li>
    </ul>
</div>

CSS

#Parent {
    position: relative;
}
.child {
    position: absolute;
}

JavaScript:

$(function() {
    //  What to type here to get "style attribute position" of say #Parent?
})

Answer 1

$('#someElementID').css('position');

http://api.jquery.com/css/

Answer 2

Use this, in jQuery:

$(element).css("position");

And more:

$(element).offset();
$(element).offset().top;
$(element).offset().left;