Is it feasible to deactivate pointer events for only a portion of an element rather than the entire element? For instance, as shown in the image below..
https://i.sstatic.net/rnS7M.png
Perhaps one could utilize another element to cover the specific area of the element that needs to be disabled. It seems that achieving this directly is not possible, but by placing an additional div over that part of the image, the desired effect can be achieved...