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    <bug>
          <bug_id>27837</bug_id>
          
          <creation_ts>2015-01-15 08:44:40 +0000</creation_ts>
          <short_desc>Specify elementsFromRect</short_desc>
          <delta_ts>2015-01-15 14:39:26 +0000</delta_ts>
          <reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
          <cclist_accessible>1</cclist_accessible>
          <classification_id>1</classification_id>
          <classification>Unclassified</classification>
          <product>CSS</product>
          <component>CSSOM View</component>
          <version>unspecified</version>
          <rep_platform>PC</rep_platform>
          <op_sys>All</op_sys>
          <bug_status>NEW</bug_status>
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          <priority>P2</priority>
          <bug_severity>normal</bug_severity>
          <target_milestone>---</target_milestone>
          
          
          <everconfirmed>1</everconfirmed>
          <reporter name="Simon Pieters">zcorpan</reporter>
          <assigned_to name="Simon Pieters">zcorpan</assigned_to>
          <cc>tonikitoo</cc>
          
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    <who name="Simon Pieters">zcorpan</who>
    <bug_when>2015-01-15 08:44:40 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom-view/#dom-document-elementfrompoint

Also add elementsFromRect.

See https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/dTYbg4_S2b8/l83KfXvn9x8J

MS impl http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/hh673523(v=vs.85).aspx#The_msElementsFromRect_method

Use cases:

* fuzzy hit testing algorithms (like our touch adjustment) to be implemented in JS
* to implement touch-drag selections; for drag-and-drop selection operations as seen in drawing tools and UI builders</thetext>
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