# How to know the position of a component from the sctript editor in vision **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** vision, ignition80\ **Created:** [January 6, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-know-the-position-of-a-component-from-the-sctript-editor-in-vision/54732 "2022-01-06T16:27:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![zacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ea5d25/32.png) [@zacht](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacht)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-know-the-position-of-a-component-from-the-sctript-editor-in-vision/54732/3 "2022-01-06T16:53:02Z")
> [@bkarabinchak.psi](#): > > I’m going to show you how you can dig down into the functions available on a component @pturmel wrote a script function that does this pretty conveniently. I don't use it much, so I don't know if it works with modern Ignition (8+), but it might be worth checking out. > [@Finding all available methods from a component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/finding-all-available-methods-from-a-component/9670/8): > > The introspection script has evolved over time, particularly to return a string result instead of just printing. I found that useful for introspection in gateway scope using runScript() in an expression tag. Or to set the .text property of a scrollable text edit field for convenience. This is what it looks like today: # Introspection for Jython/Java # # Copyright 2008-2016 Automation Professionals, LLC \ # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-know-the-position-of-a-component-from-the-sctript-editor-in-vision/54732)._