document.elementFromPoint
Hey All -
So Rey stumbled across this interesting post talking about a
semi-obscure method: document.elementFromPoint. Apparently it's
implemented in all browsers but Firefox. At the very least, it seems
like it could be used to speed up some chunks of code rather well.
Here's a blog post of the guy talking about it:
http://www.rubendaniels.com/2007/07/12/multibrowser-complex-dragdrop/
You can download it here:
http://developer.javeline.com/downloads.php
He built it for this application:
http://www.ajax.org/
And here's some other attempts at implementing a version of Gecko:
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=21674
I've got a feeling that this could definitely help in some instances,
and worst case we can just fall back to the "old way" of doing things.
This is news to me, although I'm sure it's old hat to some of you. Enjoy!
--John
So Rey stumbled across this interesting post talking about a
semi-obscure method: document.elementFromPoint. Apparently it's
implemented in all browsers but Firefox. At the very least, it seems
like it could be used to speed up some chunks of code rather well.
Here's a blog post of the guy talking about it:
http://www.rubendaniels.com/2007/07/12/multibrowser-complex-dragdrop/
You can download it here:
http://developer.javeline.com/downloads.php
He built it for this application:
http://www.ajax.org/
And here's some other attempts at implementing a version of Gecko:
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=21674
I've got a feeling that this could definitely help in some instances,
and worst case we can just fall back to the "old way" of doing things.
This is news to me, although I'm sure it's old hat to some of you. Enjoy!
--John
Topic Participants
John Resig
Rey Bango