# How to find the DOM node path from Pos
**URL:** https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/how-to-find-the-dom-node-path-from-pos/159
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**Created:** [February 4, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/how-to-find-the-dom-node-path-from-pos/159 "2016-02-04T11:04:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@whoisterencelee](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/u/whoisterencelee)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/how-to-find-the-dom-node-path-from-pos/159/1 "2016-02-04T11:04:13Z")
Given a document Pos(ition) how can I find the DOM node path?
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### Author:  [@marijn](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/u/marijn)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/how-to-find-the-dom-node-path-from-pos/159/2 "2016-02-09T20:34:40Z")
What do you want to do with the DOM node? Changing them is unlikely to work.
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### Author:  [@whoisterencelee](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/u/whoisterencelee)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/how-to-find-the-dom-node-path-from-pos/159/3 "2016-02-11T00:53:58Z")
Found DOMFromPos in edit/dompos.js .
I am trying to track the actual pixel location of the markRange from/to position, seems when I try to use the document “transform” event to do this, strange things happen, the positions gets shifted, maybe the positions have not yet settled? Perhaps I need to throttle the event handler.
Which event should I listen to properly tracking markRange Positions? Maybe the markRange should signal a transform?
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### Author:  [@marijn](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/u/marijn)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2016, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/how-to-find-the-dom-node-path-from-pos/159/4 "2016-02-11T09:10:29Z")
You can use the `coordsAtPos` method to find the screen coordinates at a position. But display updates are asynchronous, so you should probably wait for a `draw` event – when `transform` fires, the changes haven’t been flushed to the display yet.
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### Author:  [@whoisterencelee](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/u/whoisterencelee)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/how-to-find-the-dom-node-path-from-pos/159/5 "2016-02-21T07:54:06Z")
The draw event mostly works, but should markRange fire some sort of movement/ change signal, since it’s the only way for external programs to track positions?
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### Author:  [@marijn](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/u/marijn)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/how-to-find-the-dom-node-path-from-pos/159/6 "2016-02-22T10:18:21Z")
You should reposition after every `"draw"` event, since even if the position towards a range stays the same, the content above it might have changed size so its pixel position isn’t guaranteed to be the same.