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  "title":"Element.getBoundingClientRect()",
  "description":"Method to get the size and position of an element's bounding box, relative to the viewport.",
  "spec":"http://www.w3.org/TR/cssom-view/#dom-element-getboundingclientrect",
  "status":"wd",
  "links":[
    {
      "url":"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/getBoundingClientRect",
      "title":"Mozilla Developer Network"
    },
    {
      "url":"https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536433(VS.85).aspx",
      "title":"Microsoft Developer Network"
    }
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    {
      "description":"In IE<=11, calling getBoundingClientRect on an element outside of the DOM throws an unspecified error instead of returning a 0x0 DOMRect. See [IE bug #829392.](https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/829392/calling-getboundingclientrect-on-an-html-element-that-has-not-been-added-to-the-dom-causes-unspecified-error)"
    },
    {
      "description":"Really old versions of Safari and Chrome gave incorrect results for SVG elements. See [Chromium issue #47998.](https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=47998)"
    },
    {
      "description":"Safari and Chrome give incorrect results for elements that have the nonstandard `zoom` CSS property applied to them. See [WebKit bug #77998.](https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77998)"
    }
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  "notes":"",
  "notes_by_num":{
    "1":"The returned object lacks `width` and `height` properties.",
    "2":"Returns incorrect values for elements which have had CSS `transform`s applied to them.",
    "3":"The returned object cannot have new properties added to it; it's not extensible.",
    "4":"Existing properties of the returned object are immutable."
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  "ucprefix":false,
  "parent":"",
  "keywords":"getBoundingClientRect,bounding,client,rect,DOMRect,box,cssom",
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  "shown":true
}