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Using the elementFromPoint() Method

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/*
JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition
by Danny Goodman 

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001
ISBN: 0764533428
*/
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>document.elementFromPoint() Method</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function showElemUnderneath() {
    var elem = document.elementFromPoint(event.clientX, event.clientY)
    document.all.mySpan.innerText = elem.id
}
document.onmouseover = showElemUnderneath
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY ID="myBody">
<H1 ID="header">document.elementFromPoint() Method</H1>
<HR ID="myHR">
<P ID="instructions">Roll the mouse around the page. The coordinates
of the mouse pointer are currently atop an element<BR ID="myBR">whose ID 
is:"<SPAN ID="mySpan" STYLE="font-weight:bold"></SPAN>".</P>
<FORM ID="myForm">
<INPUT ID="myButton" TYPE="button" VALUE="Sample Button" onClick="">&nbsp;
</FORM>

<TABLE BORDER=ID="myTable">
<TR ID="tr1">
    <TD ID="td_A1">Cell A1</TD>
    <TD ID="td_B1">Cell B1</TD>
</TR>
<TR ID="tr2">
    <TD ID="td_A2">Cell A2</TD>
    <TD ID="td_B2">Cell B2</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<H2 ID="sec1">Section 1</H2>
<P ID="p1">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetaur adipisicing elit, 
sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 
Ut enim adminim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris 
nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</P>
<H2 ID="sec2">Section 2</H2>
<P ID="p2">Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit involuptate velit esse 
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat 
cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deseruntmollit 
anim id est laborum.</P>
<DIV ID="myDIV" STYLE="position:absolute; top:340; left:300; background-color:yellow">
Here is a positioned element.</DIV>
</BODY>
</HTML>

           
       
Related examples in the same category
1.  Capturing a Text Selection
2.  Using the TextEdit Property
3.  Get selected elememnt
4.  Get selecte text in one paragraph








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