function getElementPos(elementId) {

    var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
    var isOpera = (ua.indexOf('opera') != -1);
    var isIE = (ua.indexOf('msie') != -1 && !isOpera); // not opera spoof 

    var el = document.getElementById(elementId);

    if (el.parentNode === null || el.style.display == 'none') {
        return false;
    }

    var parent = null;
    var pos = [];
    var box;

    if (el.getBoundingClientRect)    //IE 
    {
        box = el.getBoundingClientRect();
        var scrollTop = Math.max(document.documentElement.scrollTop, document.body.scrollTop);
        var scrollLeft = Math.max(document.documentElement.scrollLeft, document.body.scrollLeft);

        return { x: box.left + scrollLeft, y: box.top + scrollTop };
    }
    else if (document.getBoxObjectFor)    // gecko 
    {
        box = document.getBoxObjectFor(el);

        var borderLeft = (el.style.borderLeftWidth) ? parseInt(el.style.borderLeftWidth) : 0;
        var borderTop = (el.style.borderTopWidth) ? parseInt(el.style.borderTopWidth) : 0;

        pos = [box.x - borderLeft, box.y - borderTop];
    }
    else    // safari & opera 
    {
        pos = [el.offsetLeft, el.offsetTop];
        parent = el.offsetParent;
        if (parent != el) {
            while (parent) {
                pos[0] += parent.offsetLeft;
                pos[1] += parent.offsetTop;
                parent = parent.offsetParent;
            }
        }
        if (ua.indexOf('opera') != -1
            || (ua.indexOf('safari') != -1 && el.style.position == 'absolute')) {
            pos[0] -= document.body.offsetLeft;
            pos[1] -= document.body.offsetTop;
        }
    }

    if (el.parentNode) { parent = el.parentNode; }
    else { parent = null; }

    while (parent && parent.tagName != 'BODY' && parent.tagName != 'HTML') { // account for any scrolled ancestors 
        pos[0] -= parent.scrollLeft;
        pos[1] -= parent.scrollTop;

        if (parent.parentNode) { parent = parent.parentNode; }
        else { parent = null; }
    }
    return { x: pos[0], y: pos[1] };
}