function captureParentAndFromToElements(options) {
          options.origin = angular.extend({
            element: null,
            bounds: null,
            focus: angular.noop
          }, options.origin || {});

          options.parent   = getDomElement(options.parent, $rootElement);
          options.closeTo  = getBoundingClientRect(getDomElement(options.closeTo));
          options.openFrom = getBoundingClientRect(getDomElement(options.openFrom));

          if (options.targetEvent) {
            options.origin = getBoundingClientRect(options.targetEvent.target, options.origin);
            options.originInteraction = $mdInteraction.getLastInteractionType();
          }


          /**
           * Identify the bounding RECT for the target element
           *
           */
          function getBoundingClientRect (element, orig) {
            var source = angular.element((element || {}));
            if (source && source.length) {
              // Compute and save the target element's bounding rect, so that if the
              // element is hidden when the dialog closes, we can shrink the dialog
              // back to the same position it expanded from.
              //
              // Checking if the source is a rect object or a DOM element
              var bounds = {top:0,left:0,height:0,width:0};
              var hasFn = angular.isFunction(source[0].getBoundingClientRect);

              return angular.extend(orig || {}, {
                  element : hasFn ? source : undefined,
                  bounds  : hasFn ? source[0].getBoundingClientRect() : angular.extend({}, bounds, source[0]),
                  focus   : angular.bind(source, source.focus),
              });
            }
          }

          /**
           * If the specifier is a simple string selector, then query for
           * the DOM element.
           */
          function getDomElement(element, defaultElement) {
            if (angular.isString(element)) {
              element = $document[0].querySelector(element);
            }

            // If we have a reference to a raw dom element, always wrap it in jqLite
            return angular.element(element || defaultElement);
          }

        }
Capture originator/trigger/from/to element information (if available)
and the parent container for the dialog; defaults to the $rootElement
unless overridden in the options.parent