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function selectElement(callback){ | |
var selectorDiv = document.createElement("div"); | |
var css = function(e, styles){ | |
for(style in styles){ | |
if(styles.hasOwnProperty(style)) | |
e.style[style.replace(/-(.)/g, function(a,b){return b.toUpperCase();})] = styles[style]; | |
} | |
}; | |
var pos = function(e){ | |
var pos = {"left": e.offsetLeft, "top": e.offsetTop}; | |
while(e = e.offsetParent){pos.left += e.offsetLeft; pos.top+=e.offsetTop;}; | |
return pos; | |
}; | |
css(selectorDiv, | |
{"border": "1px solid hsl(240, 80%, 70%)", | |
"background": "hsla(240, 50%, 90%,0.5)", | |
"top":"0", | |
"left":"0", | |
"width":"0", | |
"height": "0", | |
"display": "none", | |
"pointer-events":"none", | |
"position":"absolute", | |
"z-index": "1000", | |
"transition": "width 0.5s, height 0.5s, top 0.5s, left 0.5s"}); | |
document.body.appendChild(selectorDiv); | |
var mouseoverhandler = function(e){ | |
var target = e.target; | |
if(target == selectorDiv) return; | |
var p = pos(target); | |
css(selectorDiv, | |
{"top":p.top+"px", | |
"left":p.left+"px", | |
"display": "block", | |
"width":(target.offsetWidth-2)+"px", | |
"height":(target.offsetHeight-2)+"px"}); | |
}; | |
var mousedownhandler = function(e){ | |
e.preventDefault(); | |
e.stopPropagation(); | |
callback(e.target); | |
document.removeEventListener("mouseover", mouseoverhandler); | |
document.removeEventListener("mousedown", mousedownhandler); | |
selectorDiv.parentNode.removeChild(selectorDiv); | |
return false; | |
}; | |
document.addEventListener("mouseover", mouseoverhandler); | |
document.addEventListener("mousedown", mousedownhandler); | |
}; | |
selectElement(function(e){ | |
console.log(e); | |
}); |
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