Type into a textbox which has an overlaying div css

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How to type into a text box or click a button ,which has a overlaying div. I need to access the text box even though there is a div or image over it.Please help.

possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3680429/click-through-a-div-to-underlying-elements — Codelord, May 04 '15 at 09:41
Are you saying that you need to access an HTML element which is inside a
. — Christo Jose, May 04 '15 at 09:48
no div is floating above the input element. it an absolutely positioned div. — Karthik, May 04 '15 at 09:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 04 '15 at 10:03

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Try this:

pointer-events: none;

This will make any mouse event "fall through" the element.

Note: however, that this will be applied to all child elements too, so any element you might want to click (a link or so) will be inaccessible.

edited May 04 '15 at 10:03

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answered May 04 '15 at 09:54

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Type into a textbox which has an overlaying div css

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