This algorithm returns the points that form an orthogonal path between two rectangles.

// Define shapes
const shapeA = {left: 50,  top: 50, width: 100, height: 100};
const shapeB = {left: 200, top: 200, width: 50, height: 100};

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

• elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent