Binding event on pseudo element

by jorgeluis

HTML

<p>By setting pointer-events properly, you can sort of trigger events on pointer elements. <br>
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<a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/pointer-events">Pointer events</a>

</p>

CSS

p {
    position: relative;
    font: 22px/2 sans-serif;
    padding: 2em;
    pointer-events: none;
}

p:after {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
    z-index: 1;
    content: ' ';
    pointer-events: all;
}

JavaScript

$('p').on('click', function(){
	alert('you clicked the pseudo-element, bruh');
});