Re: How get nsIView from a nsGenericElement

On Apr 25, 8:00 pm, Boris Zbarsky <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 4/25/10 9:32 PM, hap497 wrote:
>
> > If I have a pointer to nsGenericElement, how can I get a nsIView of
> > the element?
>
> Just based on the element, you can't.  There may not be a view, or there
> may be more than one.
>
> What are you actually trying to do?
>
> -Boris

I am trying to emulate an  user click event on html element like
anchor.  So I am trying to call nsPresShell's HandleEvent method
HandleEvent(nsIView*        aView, nsGUIEvent*     aEvent,
nsEventStatus*  aEventStatus);
http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla1.9.1/source/layout/base/nsPresShell.cpp#908

Since my input is an nsGenericElement (an anchor), I need to get a
nsIView to call this HandleEvent.

Thank you.