# Click through a popup window **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [April 3, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/click-through-a-popup-window/114886 "2026-04-03T21:44:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sprestwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@sprestwood](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sprestwood)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/click-through-a-popup-window/114886/1 "2026-04-03T21:44:43Z")
Using Ignition 8.3 with a popup screen, any touch or click goes through the screen and will engage a button or whatever on the screen directly below it. Can this be stopped? ---
**Author:** ![sprestwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@sprestwood](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sprestwood)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/click-through-a-popup-window/114886/2 "2026-04-03T22:07:15Z")
Evidently this happens on an Ipad but not on windows. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Bingham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Chris\_Bingham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Bingham)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/click-through-a-popup-window/114886/3 "2026-04-04T01:27:29Z")
Which browser? I’m curious if this happens on the same browser version on different platforms. Also, does it function this way for all popups? Investigate any CSS properties you may have configured to permit this (`pointer-events`, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/click-through-a-popup-window/114886/4 "2026-04-04T10:54:43Z")
You should be able to stop it by adding `pointerEvents =` ~~none~~ `auto` to the view’s root styles Edit: fixed for posterity ---
**Author:** ![sprestwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@sprestwood](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sprestwood)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/click-through-a-popup-window/114886/5 "2026-04-06T13:46:54Z")
Using the Perspective launcher, not a browser. I will try the pointerEvents. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![sprestwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@sprestwood](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sprestwood)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/click-through-a-popup-window/114886/6 "2026-04-06T14:13:58Z")
I added the pointerEvents=none to the popup root style and it did not change anything. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Bingham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Chris\_Bingham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Bingham)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/click-through-a-popup-window/114886/7 "2026-04-06T15:00:23Z")
From: [pointer-events - CSS | MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/pointer-events) > In addition to indicating that the element is not the target of pointer events, the value `none` instructs the pointer event to go "through" the element and target whatever is "underneath" that element instead. I imagine you would want to leave this at the default (`auto`). What version of Ignition (and Perspective Workstation) are you using? ---
**Author:** ![sprestwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@sprestwood](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sprestwood)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/click-through-a-popup-window/114886/8 "2026-04-06T15:46:45Z")
Ignition 8.3.0 and Perspective workstation 3.3.0 on the Ipad. Changed pointerEvents to Auto and the problem seems to be fixed. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Bingham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Chris\_Bingham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Bingham)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/click-through-a-popup-window/114886/9 "2026-04-06T21:51:43Z")
This (`auto`) should have been the default value for that property. Look around for anywhere this property was overridden / applied (and therefore inherited on your popups). You might check the advanced style sheet (if it has been added), any style classes that are referenced, etc.