🔰 JS ⟩ browser ⟩ DOM ⟩ types ⟩ Document ⟩ methods ⟩ .elementFromPoint
returns the innermost (most deeply nested) and topmost (highest CSS z-index) element at that point (relative to the viewport).
the coordinates are relative to the viewport.
returns null if the point is out of viewport.
💾 replit: document.elementFromPoint()
// viewport const viewport = { // .width, .height width : window.innerWidth, height: window.innerHeight, // .center get center() { const x = this.width / 2; const y = this.height / 2; return { x: x, y: y, // `.center` as object {x:y:} coords: [x, y], // `.center.coords` as array [x,y] } }, }; // select element at the center of the viewport let elem = document.elementFromPoint(...viewport.center.coords); elem.style.background = "red";
Document ⟩ .elementFromPoint()
JS.info ⟩ elementFromPoint(x, y)
Element
coordinates relative to viewport.
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