Chrome - offset().top acting like scrollTop()

I have an odd issue I’ve tracked down to the way chrome 12.0.7 is returning the offset().top value.

I’ve simplified the code down to this sample for testing: (Any time a link is clicked, it should just log the position of an item with the ID of portfolio no matter where you are on the page.)

$('a').click(function() {
    console.log( $('#portfolio').offset().top );    
});

Firefox and Safari work fine, but with Chrome (12.0.7 mac) the value changes depending on where you’re scrolled to along the page like it’s returning scrollTop().

Thanks for any ideas.

cudazi said
...like it’s returning scrollTop().

Like it’s returning $(window).scrollTop() I meant to say.

Is the parent element set to position:relative ?

No luck on my local example but I think you may be on the right track.

It seems the target item needs to be explicitly set position: relative for the latest version of Chrome.