How can I calculate the position of a DOM element from Google Chrome content scripts.

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Hi, I am writing a chrome extension and from the content script I want to calculate the absolute position of a DOM element. But from within content script, if i try to access offsetHeight, offsetWidth, offsetTop, offsetParent, etc, I get null. I guess content scripts don't have access to those DOM properties.

Is there a way/workaround, i can find those properties?

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