Get DOM text node from point?

Question

Just like I can get an element from a point with document.elementFromPoint or document.getElementFromPoint, is it possible to somehow get a text no

Answer 1

Considering this document (fiddle):

    some text here 
    
lalala
 
    bla bla

​

And this code:

$(document).on('click', function(evt) {
    var elem = document.elementFromPoint(evt.clientX, evt.clientY);
    console.log(elem);
});

When you click anywhere inside the

tag, the tag element itself is logged. However, when the surrounding text is clicked, the is returned because text fragments are not considered elements.

Conclusion

It's not possible to accomplish what you want with elementFromPoint() and because text fragments don't receive click events, I don't think it's possible at all.