- var curElem = jQuery( elem ),
- curOffset = curElem.offset(),
- curTop = parseInt( jQuery.curCSS( elem, "top", true ), 10 ) || 0,
- curLeft = parseInt( jQuery.curCSS( elem, "left", true ), 10 ) || 0;
+
+ var curElem = jQuery( elem ),
+ curOffset = curElem.offset(),
+ curCSSTop = jQuery.curCSS( elem, "top", true ),
+ curCSSLeft = jQuery.curCSS( elem, "left", true ),
+ calculatePosition = (position === "absolute" && jQuery.inArray('auto', [curCSSTop, curCSSLeft]) > -1),
+ props = {}, curPosition = {}, curTop, curLeft;
+
+ // need to be able to calculate position if either top or left is auto and position is absolute
+ if ( calculatePosition ) {
+ curPosition = curElem.position();
+ }
+
+ curTop = calculatePosition ? curPosition.top : parseInt( curCSSTop, 10 ) || 0;
+ curLeft = calculatePosition ? curPosition.left : parseInt( curCSSLeft, 10 ) || 0;