DomUtil

@namespace DomUtil

Utility functions to work with the DOM tree, used by Leaflet internally.

Most functions expecting or returning a HTMLElement also work for SVG elements. The only difference is that classes refer to CSS classes in HTML and SVG classes in SVG.

Methods

Method	Returns	Description
`get(id: String	HTMLElement)`	HTMLElement
create(tagName: String, className?: String, container?: HTMLElement)	HTMLElement	Creates an HTML element with tagName, sets its class to className, and optionally appends it to container element.
toFront(el: HTMLElement)		Makes el the last child of its parent, so it renders in front of the other children.
toBack(el: HTMLElement)		Makes el the first child of its parent, so it renders behind the other children.
setTransform(el: HTMLElement, offset: Point, scale?: Number)		Resets the 3D CSS transform of el so it is translated by offset pixels
setPosition(el: HTMLElement, position: Point)		Sets the position of el to coordinates specified by position,
getPosition(el: HTMLElement)	Point	Returns the coordinates of an element previously positioned with setPosition.
disableTextSelection()		Prevents the user from selecting text in the document. Used internally
enableTextSelection()		Cancels the effects of a previous DomUtil.disableTextSelection.
disableImageDrag()		Prevents the user from generating dragstart DOM events, usually generated when the user drags an image.
enableImageDrag()		Cancels the effects of a previous DomUtil.disableImageDrag.
preventOutline(el: HTMLElement)		Makes the outline
restoreOutline()		Cancels the effects of a previous DomUtil.preventOutline.
getSizedParentNode(el: HTMLElement)	HTMLElement	Finds the closest parent node which size (width and height) is not null.
getScale(el: HTMLElement)	Object	Computes the CSS scale currently applied on the element.