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<h1>Interacting with underlying element in HTML</h1>
<p>I know that the title is a bit weird. I was trying to interact with a video under an iPhone Bezel Screen frame.</p>
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<pre><span></span><code><span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">div</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"row-span-2 md:col-span-1 rounded-xl border-2 border-slate-400/10 bg-neutral-100 p-4 dark:bg-neutral-900"</span><span class="p">></span>
<span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">div</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"content flex flex-wrap content-center justify-center"</span><span class="p">></span>
<span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">img</span> <span class="na">src</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"iphone-12-white.png"</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"h-[60vh] z-10 absolute"</span><span class="p">></span>
<span class="cm"><!--<img src="screenshot2.jpeg" class="h-[57vh] mt-4 mr-1 rounded-[2rem]">--></span>
<span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">video</span> <span class="na">src</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"screenrec.mp4"</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"h-[57vh] mt-4 mr-1 rounded-[2rem]"</span> <span class="na">controls</span> <span class="na">muted</span> <span class="na">autoplay</span><span class="p">></</span><span class="nt">video</span><span class="p">></span>
<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">div</span><span class="p">></span>
<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">div</span><span class="p">></span>
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<p><img src="/assets/underlying/video-under-element.jpg" alt="Video Under a Transparent Image" /></p>
<p>Turns out, you can disable pointer events!</p>
<p>In Tailwind, it is as simple as adding <code>pointer-events-none</code> to the bezel screen.</p>
<p>In CSS, this can be done by:</p>
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<pre><span></span><code><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">className</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">pointer-events</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
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<p>Let us try this in a simple example.</p>
<h2>Example</h2>
<p>Here, we create a button and overlay a transparent box</p>
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<pre><span></span><code><span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">div</span> <span class="na">style</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"height: 200px; width: 300px; background-color: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.4); z-index: 2; position: absolute;"</span><span class="p">></span>
A box with 200px height and 200px width
<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">div</span><span class="p">></span>
<span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">button</span> <span class="na">style</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"z-index: 1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 200px;"</span> <span class="na">onclick</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"alert('You were able to click this button')"</span><span class="p">></span>Try clicking me<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">button</span><span class="p">></span>
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<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>
<p><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></p>
<p>As you can see, you cannot click the button because the red box comes in the way. We can fix this by adding <code>pointer-events: none</code> to the box. </p>
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<pre><span></span><code><span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">div</span> <span class="na">style</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"height: 200px; width: 300px; background-color: rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.4); z-index: 2; position: absolute; pointer-events: none;"</span><span class="p">></span>
A box with 200px height and 300px width
<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">div</span><span class="p">></span>
<span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">button</span> <span class="na">style</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"z-index: 1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 200px"</span> <span class="na">onclick</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"alert('You were able to click this button')"</span><span class="p">></span>Try clicking me<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">button</span><span class="p">></span>
<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">div</span><span class="p">></span>
</code></pre>
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<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>
<p><button style="z-index: 1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 200px" onclick="alert('You were able to click this button')">Try clicking me</button>
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