Is there any way that I can check if an element is visible in pure JS (no jQuery) ?
So, for example, in this page: Performance Bikes, if you hover over Deals (on the
A little addition to ohad navon's answer.
If the center of the element belongs to the another element we won't find it.
So to make sure that one of the points of the element is found to be visible
function isElementVisible(elem) {
if (!(elem instanceof Element)) throw Error('DomUtil: elem is not an element.');
const style = getComputedStyle(elem);
if (style.display === 'none') return false;
if (style.visibility !== 'visible') return false;
if (style.opacity === 0) return false;
if (elem.offsetWidth + elem.offsetHeight + elem.getBoundingClientRect().height +
elem.getBoundingClientRect().width === 0) {
return false;
}
var elementPoints = {
'center': {
x: elem.getBoundingClientRect().left + elem.offsetWidth / 2,
y: elem.getBoundingClientRect().top + elem.offsetHeight / 2
},
'top-left': {
x: elem.getBoundingClientRect().left,
y: elem.getBoundingClientRect().top
},
'top-right': {
x: elem.getBoundingClientRect().right,
y: elem.getBoundingClientRect().top
},
'bottom-left': {
x: elem.getBoundingClientRect().left,
y: elem.getBoundingClientRect().bottom
},
'bottom-right': {
x: elem.getBoundingClientRect().right,
y: elem.getBoundingClientRect().bottom
}
}
for(index in elementPoints) {
var point = elementPoints[index];
if (point.x < 0) return false;
if (point.x > (document.documentElement.clientWidth || window.innerWidth)) return false;
if (point.y < 0) return false;
if (point.y > (document.documentElement.clientHeight || window.innerHeight)) return false;
let pointContainer = document.elementFromPoint(point.x, point.y);
if (pointContainer !== null) {
do {
if (pointContainer === elem) return true;
} while (pointContainer = pointContainer.parentNode);
}
}
return false;
}