Avoid interactive parent anchors and enforce clickable tracker layer

extension/content.js

@@ -610,14 +610,64 @@ function createTrackerInsertionMarker() {
   return marker;
 }
 
+function isInteractiveContainer(element) {
+  return Boolean(
+    element
+    && element.matches
+    && element.matches('a, button, [role="button"]')
+  );
+}
+
+function normalizeTrackerInsertionAnchor(postElement, anchor) {
+  if (!postElement || !anchor || !anchor.isConnected || !postElement.contains(anchor)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  let current = anchor;
+  while (current && current !== postElement) {
+    const parent = current.parentElement;
+    if (!parent || !postElement.contains(parent)) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    if (isInteractiveContainer(current) || isInteractiveContainer(parent)) {
+      current = parent;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    break;
+  }
+
+  return current;
+}
+
+function insertMarkerBeforeAnchor(postElement, marker, anchor) {
+  const target = normalizeTrackerInsertionAnchor(postElement, anchor);
+  if (!target || !target.parentElement) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  target.parentElement.insertBefore(marker, target);
+  return true;
+}
+
+function insertMarkerAfterAnchor(postElement, marker, anchor) {
+  const target = normalizeTrackerInsertionAnchor(postElement, anchor);
+  if (!target || !target.parentElement) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  target.parentElement.insertBefore(marker, target.nextSibling);
+  return true;
+}
+
 function positionTrackerInsertionMarker(postElement, marker, buttonBar, postNum = '?') {
   if (!postElement || !marker) {
     return false;
   }
 
   const commentComposerAnchor = findCommentComposerAnchorInPost(postElement);
-  if (commentComposerAnchor && commentComposerAnchor.parentElement) {
+  if (commentComposerAnchor && insertMarkerBeforeAnchor(postElement, marker, commentComposerAnchor)) {
-    commentComposerAnchor.parentElement.insertBefore(marker, commentComposerAnchor);
     setTrackerInsertionMarkerLocked(marker, true);
     console.log('[FB Tracker] Post #' + postNum + ' - Marker inserted before comment composer');
     return true;
@@ -627,21 +677,18 @@ function positionTrackerInsertionMarker(postElement, marker, buttonBar, postNum
   const actionAnchor = getDirectActionAnchorInPost(postElement, resolvedButtonBar);
   const commentBoundary = findCommentBoundaryAnchorInPost(postElement, actionAnchor);
 
-  if (commentBoundary && commentBoundary.parentElement) {
+  if (commentBoundary && insertMarkerBeforeAnchor(postElement, marker, commentBoundary)) {
-    commentBoundary.parentElement.insertBefore(marker, commentBoundary);
     setTrackerInsertionMarkerLocked(marker, true);
     console.log('[FB Tracker] Post #' + postNum + ' - Marker inserted before comment boundary');
     return true;
   }
 
-  if (actionAnchor && actionAnchor.parentElement) {
+  if (actionAnchor && insertMarkerAfterAnchor(postElement, marker, actionAnchor)) {
-    actionAnchor.parentElement.insertBefore(marker, actionAnchor.nextSibling);
     setTrackerInsertionMarkerLocked(marker, true);
     return true;
   }
 
-  if (resolvedButtonBar && resolvedButtonBar.parentElement && postElement.contains(resolvedButtonBar.parentElement)) {
+  if (resolvedButtonBar && insertMarkerAfterAnchor(postElement, marker, resolvedButtonBar)) {
-    resolvedButtonBar.parentElement.insertBefore(marker, resolvedButtonBar.nextSibling);
     setTrackerInsertionMarkerLocked(marker, true);
     return true;
   }
@@ -663,6 +710,10 @@ function isTrackerInsertionMarkerPlacementValid(postElement, marker, buttonBar)
     return false;
   }
 
+  if (marker.closest('a, button, [role="button"]')) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const commentBoundary = findCommentBoundaryAnchorInPost(postElement);
 
   if (commentBoundary && isNodeAfter(marker, commentBoundary)) {
@@ -3680,8 +3731,12 @@ async function createTrackerUI(postElement, buttonBar, postNum = '?', options =
     align-items: center;
     gap: 8px;
     row-gap: 6px;
+    flex: 0 0 100%;
     width: 100%;
     box-sizing: border-box;
+    position: relative;
+    z-index: 5;
+    pointer-events: auto;
     font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
     font-size: 13px;
   `;