Re: [cssom-view] new method, like document.elementFromPoint(), but in the document's coordinate space

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Sebastian Zartner <
sebastianzartner@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Edward O'Connor <eoconnor@apple.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Both document.elementFromPoint() and document.caretPositionFromPoint()
> > take viewpoint coordinates, and return null if the coordinates given
> > identify a point outside of the visible viewport. This prevents using
> > these methods for hit testing elements elsewhere in the document.
>
> How about document.elementsFromPoint(), so you get all elements at
> that point sorted descending by z-order?
> And wouldn't <element>.caretPositionFromPoint() make more sense? So
> you could even get the caret positions from overlapping elements.
>

If we went down this route, I think we'd need to provide a way to get at
either since getting all the elements is considerably more expensive.