When you set an element's offset with jQuery.offset({coords}) it also sets the CSS property position to absolute.

I have a div, however, that I set to position: fixed in my CSS, and I want it to remain that way, even after setting the offset of the element with jQuery.

Now, I'm sure I can probably set the offset, then set position: fixed again, but I was wondering if there is a way I can tell jQuery to set the position to fixed instead of absolute when it sets offset.

HTML

<div class=searchResults>

    ...

</div>

CSS

DIV.searchResults {

    position: fixed;

    padding: 20px;

    background-color: red;

    z-index: 501;

}

jQuery

$(DIV.searchResults).offset({left: 0, top: 0});

Rendered HTML

<div class=searchResults style=position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;>

    ...

</div>

Obviously, since jQuery is setting the position in the style, it will trump the value of my CSS class. So I need a way to tell jQuery to set position to fixed instead of absolute, or tell it to set the offset without setting the value of the CSS property position.