Ensuring Element Responsiveness to Mouse Events

In certain situations, it becomes necessary to overlay a transparent div over text to obscure its visibility. However, this raises the issue of the overlay preventing the underlying text from being clickable. Is there a way to make the overlay "invisible" to mouse events, allowing interactions with the text below?

For instance, if we have the following HTML structure:

    
Some text
    

        ... some content ...
    

The overlay div covers the text, but you desire the ability to click on the text through the overlay.

Solution: CSS pointer-events

CSS pointer-events provide a solution to this challenge. This property allows you to control how HTML elements respond to mouse events. By setting the pointer-events property to none for the overlay div, you can effectively make it invisible to clicks and other mouse events, while still allowing interactions with the elements below it.

#overlay {
    pointer-events: none;
}

With this CSS applied, the overlay div will become transparent to mouse events, enabling users to interact with the underlying text without hindrance.