# kirupa.com - Getting the Absolute Position

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-getting-the-absolute-position/642968
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [May 25, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-getting-the-absolute-position/642968 "2013-05-25T07:00:00Z")
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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-getting-the-absolute-position/642968/1 "2013-05-25T07:00:00Z")

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by kirupa&nbsp; |&nbsp; 30 December 2009

Imagine a world where you didn't have to deal with crazy positioning schemes. In this world, everything makes sense. Up is truly up, right is truly right, and the top-left corner always has a 0 for its x/y coordinates. Of course, while you may think such a world does not exist, you get very close in Silverlight and WPF if all you want to do is read an element's position.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.kirupa.com/blend\_silverlight/absolute\_position\_transformtovisual.htm](https://www.kirupa.com/blend_silverlight/absolute_position_transformtovisual.htm)