diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
index 455a5ab58ef..4b150084929 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -1358,8 +1358,9 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
             // Defining the column grid area with its position.
             const gridProp = gridUtils._getGridProperties(rowEl);
 
-            const top = parseFloat(this.$target[0].style.top);
-            const left = parseFloat(this.$target[0].style.left);
+            const style = window.getComputedStyle(this.$target[0]);
+            const top = parseFloat(style.top);
+            const left = parseFloat(style.left);
 
             const rowStart = Math.round(top / (gridProp.rowSize + gridProp.rowGap)) + 1;
             const columnStart = Math.round(left / (gridProp.columnSize + gridProp.columnGap)) + 1;