How to detect overlapping HTML elements

Question

Is it possible to find easily elements in HTML page that are hidden by given element (div)?

I prefer jQuery if possible. Do you know such plugin or something?

I searched in jQuery API (http://api.jquery.com/), but didn't find something useful.

Answer 1

One possible solution is jQuery Collision extension: http://sourceforge.net/projects/jquerycollision/.

JQuery extension to return the collisions between two selectors. Handles padding, margin, borders, and can determine either overlap or portion outside. Returns JQuery "overlap" objects. Requires: jquery1.8.3+, examples also require: jqueryui1.9.2+