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    copied!<p>As @JonnySooter posted above in the comments, if your browser requirements don't include IE &lt;= 10 (see: <a href="http://caniuse.com/pointer-events" rel="nofollow noreferrer">caniuse pointer-events</a>) you can use the style: <code>pointer-events: none;</code> and mouse events will be ignored on <code>tail</code>.</p> <p>Otherwise, you could determine which elements are under the mouse position at the time of the click event.</p> <p>Using the answer from this question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5598953/find-elements-that-are-stacked-under-visually-an-element-in-jquery">find elements that are stacked under (visually) an element in jquery</a>, you can determine which element should be clicked:</p> <p><kbd><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/davidcl64/hj57k/1907/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Demo Fiddle</a></kbd></p> <p>HTML: (Modified to be sequence of DIV's)</p> <pre><code>&lt;div&gt;kjashkfjaiufaewhfejakdkskjashkfjaiufaiufaewhfejakdkskjashkfjaiufaewhf&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;kjashkfjaiufaewhfejakdkskjashkfjaiufaiufaewhfejakdkskjashkfjaiufaewhf&lt;/div&gt; … &lt;div id="tail"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <p>Code (works with jQuery 1.4.2 as in the OP's fiddle):</p> <pre><code>function GetAllElementsAt(x, y) { var $elements = $("body *").map(function() { var $this = $(this); var offset = $this.offset(); var l = offset.left; var t = offset.top; var h = $this.height(); var w = $this.width(); var maxx = l + w; var maxy = t + h; return (y &lt;= maxy &amp;&amp; y &gt;= t) &amp;&amp; (x &lt;= maxx &amp;&amp; x &gt;= l) ? $this : null; }); return $elements; } // Change to '.on' in more recent version of jQuery $('#tail').bind('click', function(evt) { var $elements = GetAllElementsAt(evt.pageX, evt.pageY); // In this example, "There can be only one" - the zero'th element will be // the clicked element alert("You clicked on div #" + ($($elements[0]).prevAll().length + 1)); }); </code></pre>
 

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