nl_tokens: / / For pubsPane This is for setting the location of the dropdown menu because JournalTitleAutoComplete is called with a keypress and not mouse actions Get Offset of an HTML element
pl_tokens: function getOffset ( el ) { var _lf = 0 var _tp = 0 var oldlf = 0 var oldtp = 0 var newlf = 0 var newtp = 0 // repeatedly get ancestor's positions // TODO: STILL a small offset/bug while ( el && ! isNaN ( el . offsetLeft ) && ! isNaN ( el . offsetTop ) ) { newlf = el . offsetLeft newtp = el . offsetTop // only change if the new parent's offset is different if ( newlf !== oldlf ) { _lf += el . offsetLeft - el . scrollLeft } if ( newtp !== oldtp ) { _tp += <mask> . offsetTop - el . scrollTop } oldlf = newlf oldtp = newtp el = el . parentNode } // there is a constant offset return { top : _tp + 54 , left : _lf - 38 } }