[webkit-dev] hit testing?

[Simon Fraser]

On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:57 AM, Mark Wyszomierski wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering if webkit exposes any method to do a virtual hit  
> testing via javascript. I'm looking to use some method like:
>
>     function hittest(int x, int y)
>     {
>         for (all nodes in DOM) {
>             return top-most node that gets intersected;
>         }
>
>         return null;
>     }
>
> Not sure if this is the right place to asking, I cannot find  
> information elsewhere. I'm targeting only safari which I believe  
> uses webkit, so, I just wanted to know if any such functionality in  
> the base might exist so a javascript function might exist,

Have a look at document.elementFromPoint()
<https://developer.mozilla.org/En/DOM:document.elementFromPoint>

Simon