There is a semitransparent overlay div covering document which destroys on click, but I need somehow to trigger onlick events of the element beneath overlay at the same time. Is there a way to click on specific coordinates with JS, or maybe determine underlying element having absolute x and y positions? Thanks.

There is a semitransparent overlay div covering document which destroys on click, but I need somehow to trigger onlick events of the element beneath overlay at the same time. Is there a way to click on specific coordinates with JS, or maybe determine underlying element having absolute x and y positions? Thanks.

• javascript
• jquery
• html
• css

• 4 check out this answer to find the element by coordinates, and then trigger onclick on the found element: stackoverflow./questions/590119/… – Nick Commented Jul 16, 2010 at 21:01
• would it be possible when the div element is added, you build a connection of the div element to the element above it. Then when the element above it is clicked, a handler is invoked for the div? – Paul Commented Jul 16, 2010 at 21:07

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Nick has posted a link to awesome answer on how to get elements by x and y but unfortunately it's a ment so I can't accept it. :(

If you can find out what is the element given the coordinates, you can always trigger the onclick handler yourself with jQuery using the .click() function.