My [element] is positioned absolutely with a left property set to -9999px in the CSS. The top property has not been set intentionally to keep the element in the DOM but out of the document flow.
Upon calling [element].css('top') in jQuery, Firefox returns a value while IE and Safari return 'auto'. Is there a method to retrieve the top value in IE and Safari accurately? It appears that the CSS top value differs from the top value obtained through .offset().