<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="/lib/jquery-1.12.2.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("button").click(function(){
        var x = $("p").position();
        alert("Top position: " + x.top + " Left position: " + x.left);
    });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<button>Return the top and left position of the p element</button>

</body>
</html>