var boxes = document.querySelectorAll('.box');
boxes.forEach(function (el) {
if (el.addEventListener) {
el.addEventListener('click', clickHandler);
} else {
el.attachEvent('onclick', clickHandler);
}
})
var detectOverlap = (function () {
function getPositions(elem) {
var pos = elem.getBoundingClientRect();
return [[pos.left, pos.right], [pos.top, pos.bottom]];
}
function comparePositions(p1, p2) {
var r1, r2;
if (p1[0] < p2[0]) {
r1 = p1;
r2 = p2;
} else {
r1 = p2;
r2 = p1;
}
return r1[1] > r2[0] || r1[0] === r2[0];
}
return function (a, b) {
var pos1 = getPositions(a),
pos2 = getPositions(b);
return comparePositions(pos1[0], pos2[0]) && comparePositions(pos1[1], pos2[1]);
};
})();
function clickHandler(e) {
var elem = e.target,
elems = document.querySelectorAll('.box'),
elemList = Array.prototype.slice.call(elems),
within = elemList.indexOf(elem),
touching = [];
if (within !== -1) {
elemList.splice(within, 1);
}
for (var i = 0; i < elemList.length; i++) {
if (detectOverlap(elem, elemList[i])) {
touching.push(elemList[i].id);
}
}
if (touching.length) {
console.log(elem.id + ' touches ' + touching.join(' and ') + '.');
alert(elem.id + ' touches ' + touching.join(' and ') + '.');
} else {
console.log(elem.id + ' touches nothing.');
alert(elem.id + ' touches nothing.');
}
}
#box1 {
background-color: LightSeaGreen;
}
#box2 {
top: 25px;
left: -25px;
background-color: SandyBrown;
}
#box3 {
left: -50px;
background-color: SkyBlue;
}
#box4 {
background-color: SlateGray;
}
.box {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
color: White;
font: bold 72px sans-serif;
line-height: 100px;
text-align: center;
cursor: pointer;
}
.box:hover {
color: Black;
}
<p>Click a box to see which other boxes are detected as touching it.<br />
<em>If no alert dialog box appears, open your console to view messages.</em></p>
<div class="box" id="box1">1</div>
<div class="box" id="box2">2</div>
<div class="box" id="box3">3</div>
<div class="box" id="box4">4</div>