[whatwg] [web-apps] Ability to treat transparent part of element transparent to events

[martijnw]

Jim Ley wrote:

>On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:57:01 -0500, Matthew Raymond
><mattraymond at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> I don't know about that. It's a little too specific to mouse-related
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>>events rather than the more general approach of defining the internal
>>area of the element. It's too close to being a behavioral style rather
>>than a presentational style.
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>Perhaps I've misunderstood what the OP was asking for then, he wants
>some elements to be able to simply not recieve events (ie don't
>participate in the bubble etc. ?)  As the only situation where partial
>transparency was relevant to events were pointing ones to me.
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>And anything event related is a behavioural style.
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>Perhaps he could clarify?
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>Jim.
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Well, I think you understood correctly what I meant.
I want some elements simply not be able to recieve events.
But also when an element is partly transparent, I want the transparent 
part of it not to recieve (mouse-)events.

Regards,
Martijn