Javascript "Eyedropper" (pulls color of a pixel off a page)

[Weston C]

Is there any way to use javascript to pull the color of the pixel under
the mouse pointer off the page?

Thanks,

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[Richard Cornford]

Weston C wrote:

Is there any way to use javascript to pull the color of
the pixel under the mouse pointer off the page?

Not really. You, with more or less ease, could work out which element
the mouse was over, and then, on browsers providing a computed style
interface, determine the text, background and border colours of that
element. But telling whether the pointer was over text or the background
or a border would not be easy (and borders may still be inset, outset,
etc and so not necessarily the declared colour under the pointer). And
there would be no chance with images (including background images).

Richard.

[Fred Oz]

In <ci*******************@news.demon.co.uk> Richard Cornford wrote:

Weston C wrote:

Is there any way to use javascript to pull the color of
the pixel under the mouse pointer off the page?

Not really. You, with more or less ease, could work out which element

<snip>

Absolutely none, particularly off the page. You can try to do what
Richard says, except that will not allow for shadows, anti-aliasing, etc.
and even if you could do it, it will not work off the page since your
document must be inside a window.

You can do it with a Java applet maybe, but this is not the place to ask
such things.

[Andrew Thompson]

On 15 Sep 2004 08:00:01 GMT, Fred Oz wrote:

You can do it with a Java applet maybe, ..

<caveat>
Only if it were a signed applet that
the user accepted and allowed to run.
</caveat>

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