title: jQuery method of calculating the correct offsetLeft of an element in a table
body: <p>I've been given a table based layout to work on and I need to display some tool tips above some input boxes contained in the table.</p>
  
  <p>I can't use any of the offset properties to do this since they all return 1 when the element is contained in a table.   Does jQuery or some other library have a way of calculating this?</p>