//Find the total left/top for an element by summing offset widths through all ancestors
function totalLeft(element) {
	var current = element;
	var totalLeft = 0;;
	while (current != null) {
		totalLeft += current.offsetLeft;
		current = current.offsetParent;
	}
	
	return totalLeft;
}
function totalTop(element) {
	var current = element;
	var totalTop = 0;;
	while (current != null) {
		totalTop += current.offsetTop;
		current = current.offsetParent;
	}
	
	return totalTop;
}


// RETURN A NEW ELEMENT OBJECT WITH SPECIFIED ID
function createElement(inElement, inId, inClass) {

	var newDiv = document.createElement(inElement);
	if (inId != null && inId != '')
		newDiv.id = inId;
	if (inClass != null && inClass != '')
		newDiv.className = inClass;
	return newDiv;

}


// RETURN A UNIQUE ID FOR AN ELEMENT
var idCounter = 10000;
function getUniqueId() {

	idCounter++;
	return 'uid' + idCounter;

}

// Return current domain name or IP address with port (document.domain doesn't do the latter)
function domain() {
	var retVal = location.href;
	retVal = retVal.substring(retVal.indexOf('//') + 2);
	retVal = retVal.substring(0, retVal.indexOf('/'));
	return retVal;
}