HTML/CSS: Make a div "invisible" to clicks?
HtmlCssEventsHtml Problem Overview
For various reasons, I need to put a (mostly) transparent <div>
over some text. However, this means that the text can't be clicked (eg, to click links or select it). Would it be possible to simply make this div "invisible" to clicks and other mouse events?
For example, the overlay
div covers covers the text, but I would like to be able to click/select the text through the overlay
div:
<div id="container">
<p>Some text</p>
<div id="overlay" style="position: absolute; top: 0;
left: 0; width: 100%; height:100%">
... some content ...
</div>
</div>
Html Solutions
Solution 1 - Html
It can be done using CSS pointer-events
. This property is supported in Firefox 3.6+, Chrome 2+, IE 11+, and Safari 4+. Unfortunately, I don't have knowledge of a cross-browser workaround.
#overlay {
pointer-events: none;
}
Solution 2 - Html
It can be done by refiring the event after you temporarily hide the overlay.
See the first answer to this question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401658/html-overlay-which-allows-clicks-to-fall-through-to-elements-behind-it
Solution 3 - Html
You can do this by hiding the overlay like this:
overlay.onclick = function(){
window.event.srcElement.style.visibility = "hidden";
var BottomElement = document.elementFromPoint((navigator.appName.substring(0,3) == "Net") ? e.clientX : window.event.x,(navigator.appName.substring(0,3) == "Net") ? e.clientY : window.event.y);
window.event.srcElement.style.visibility = "visible";
BottomElement.click();
}
Solution 4 - Html
Use this jQuery
$("div").click(function(e){e.preventDefault();});
replace "div" with the ID or element
Solution 5 - Html
Alternative for disabling all events(or chick) on a div is unbind() all event that are attached with tags by default
$('#myDivId').unbind();
or
$('#myDivId').unbind("click");