How Can I Detect Click Events Only on a Parent Element and Not its Pseudo-Element?

Detecting Click Events on Pseudo-Elements

In the given scenario, where there is a parent element (p) with a blue background and a pseudo-element (:before) with a red background, it is possible to trigger a click event only on the blue bit but not on the red pseudo-element. This is because pseudo-elements are not part of the DOM. Therefore, directly binding events to them is not feasible.

To achieve the desired behavior, an alternative solution is to create a child element within the parent element. For example, a span element can be added immediately after the opening p tag. Then, by applying styles to "p span" instead of "p:before" and binding events to the child element, click events can be triggered specifically on the red region.

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