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diff --git a/Content/posts/2024-02-26-control-element-under-another-element-html-css.md b/Content/posts/2024-02-26-control-element-under-another-element-html-css.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cbdfe6a --- /dev/null +++ b/Content/posts/2024-02-26-control-element-under-another-element-html-css.md @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +--- +date: 2024-02-26 11:57 +description: With CSS you can disable any interactions with an element and directly control the underlying element +tags: HTML, CSS +draft: false +--- + +# Interacting with underlying element in HTML + +I know that the title is a bit weird. I was trying to interact with a video under an iPhone Bezel Screen frame. + +```html +<div class="row-span-2 md:col-span-1 rounded-xl border-2 border-slate-400/10 bg-neutral-100 p-4 dark:bg-neutral-900"> + <div class="content flex flex-wrap content-center justify-center"> + <img src="iphone-12-white.png" class="h-[60vh] z-10 absolute"> + <!--<img src="screenshot2.jpeg" class="h-[57vh] mt-4 mr-1 rounded-[2rem]">--> + <video src="screenrec.mp4" class="h-[57vh] mt-4 mr-1 rounded-[2rem]" controls muted autoplay></video> + </div> +</div> +``` + + + +Turns out, you can disable pointer events! + +In Tailwind, it is as simple as adding `pointer-events-none` to the bezel screen. + +In CSS, this can be done by: + +```css +.className { + pointer-events: none +} +``` + +Let us try this in a simple example. + +## Example + +Here, we create a button and overlay a transparent box + +```html +<div style="height: 200px; width: 300px; background-color: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.4); z-index: 2; position: absolute;"> +A box with 200px height and 200px width +</div> +<button style="z-index: 1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 200px;" onclick="alert('You were able to click this button')">Try clicking me</button> +``` + +<hr> + +<div style="height: 200px; width: 300px; background-color: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.4); z-index: 2; position: absolute;"> +A box with 200px height and 300px width +</div> +<button style="z-index: 1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 200px;" onclick="alert('You were able to click this button')">Try clicking me</button> +<hr> + +As you can see, you cannot click the button because the red box comes in the way. We can fix this by adding `pointer-events: none` to the box. + +```html +<div style="height: 200px; width: 300px; background-color: rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.4); z-index: 2; position: absolute; pointer-events: none;"> +A box with 200px height and 300px width +</div> +<button style="z-index: 1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 200px" onclick="alert('You were able to click this button')">Try clicking me</button> +</div> +``` + +<hr> + +<div style="height: 200px; width: 300px; background-color: rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.4); z-index: 2; position: absolute; pointer-events: none;"> +A box with 200px height and 300px width +</div> +<button style="z-index: 1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 200px" onclick="alert('You were able to click this button')">Try clicking me</button> +</div> + + + + |