get position of a textbox on my form in px

Hi I want to set the position of anew div box relative to the position开发者_如何学Python of the comments box on my form. I can position the div but am struggling to get the value of the text box. I was thinking this would work but it doesn't

pos = document.getElementById('comments').style.top.value 

any help please ?

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Try

pos = document.getElementById('comments').offsetTop