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Asked: 2026-05-27T18:53:12+00:00

I am using WebBrowser.Document.GetElementFromPoint() to get an element at a specific x-y point on

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I am using WebBrowser.Document.GetElementFromPoint() to get an element at a specific x-y point on a webpage. However, sometimes this feature doesn’t work as expected, and it returns elements I don’t want. Maybe the ones I want are at the same location, but behind or in front of it?

Two questions:

  1. How does Document.GetElementFromPoint() decide what to get
    (since it only returns 1) if there are overlapping elements?
  2. Is there a way to get an element from a point that contains a
    specific tag name, or class, or id?
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  1. Editorial Team

    “The element to be returned is determined through hit testing.” That is, it will return the topmost element.

    There is no way to directly limit your search to a given selector, but you could use the old trick of adjusting z-indices of the returned element to a large negative number, then trying again, then adjusting z-indices, etc. until you’ve cycled down to the bottom of the stack. That will give you a complete collection of elements at that point, at which time you can filter them based on whatever criteria you want.

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