set absolute position on panel

How can the absolute position be set when a button is hit. I have a help
pannel that i want to appear next to the "?" button that is selected.
thanks
any ideas would be appreciated
kesset
obj.style.top = x;
obj.style.left = y;
to find the x and y of an object:
window.getYPos = function(obj){
var curtop = 0;
if (document.getElementById || document.all) {
while (obj.offsetParent) {
curtop += obj.offsetTop;
if (typeof(obj.scrollTop) == 'number')
curtop -= obj.scrollTop;
obj = obj.offsetParent;
}
}
else if (document.layers)
curtop += obj.y;
return curtop;
}
window.getXPos = function(obj) {
var curleft = 0;
if (document.getElementById || document.all) {
while (obj.offsetParent) {
curleft += obj.offsetLeft
obj = obj.offsetParent;
}
}
else if (document.layers)
curleft += obj.x;
return curleft;
}
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> How can the absolute position be set when a button is hit. I have a help
> pannel that i want to appear next to the "?" button that is selected.
> thanks
> any ideas would be appreciated
> kes