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that interesting insight, i just added file system support to my internal tool, i thought this was not possible in firefox but the workaround you mentioned works. thanks

by any chance anyone knows if users clicks can be captured for a website/tab/iframe for screen recording. i know i can record screen but i am wondering if this metadata can be collected.

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If you mean capturing click metadata (coordinates, timestamps, target elements) rather than actual pixel recording - yes, that's what tools like Hotjar/FullStory do. They record DOM mutations + interaction events and replay them.

For your own implementation, document-level event listeners work, though cross-origin iframes are off-limits due to same-origin policy.

yes but i want to capture it without injecting my own js. hotjar etc. need to inject their own js and than they can add mutation observer. I want it for cross-origin frames but after taking users permission similar to screen recording, i guess thats not possible locally.

> I want it for cross-origin frames but after taking users permission

Sadly not to my knowledge.

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