Dead Click Tracking

Find and Fix Dead Clicks
to Improve User Experience.

Dead clicks are clicks that produce no response — no navigation, no state change, no feedback. FrictaSolv detects them automatically across every page, logs the affected element and URL, and helps you identify broken buttons, misaligned hit targets, and lost event listeners before users give up and leave.

What are dead clicks?

A dead click happens when a user clicks or taps an element and nothing happens — no page change, no modal, no loading state, no visual feedback. From the user's perspective, the interface appears frozen or broken.

Dead clicks are a leading indicator of broken UI. They precede rage clicks, session abandonment, and support tickets. Standard analytics tools record the click but don't tell you it got no response. FrictaSolv does.

How FrictaSolv detects dead clicks

After each click event, FrictaSolv checks for DOM mutations, navigation events, and framework state changes within a 300ms window. If none are detected, the click is flagged as dead. No manual tagging needed.

01

Click detected

SDK intercepts click via event delegation on document root

02

Response window

300ms observation window checks for DOM mutations and navigation

03

Dead if silent

No response detected → logged with element selector, URL, and session context

Common causes

Broken JavaScript

Event listeners that were never attached, or removed by a re-render without being re-added

Non-interactive elements

Divs or images styled with cursor:pointer but no click handler

Misaligned hit targets

Especially on mobile — visible element and actual clickable area don't match

z-index overlap

An invisible element sits on top and absorbs clicks before they reach the target

Race conditions

Button rendered before JavaScript finishes hydrating — clicks during that window are lost

Disabled state not visible

Button is disabled but not visually distinct — users click and see no response

Real examples FrictaSolv catches

Non-interactive image styled as a button

A marketing banner with `cursor: pointer` and no click handler. Users click expecting navigation but nothing happens.

Dead click on img.hero-banner — zero navigation events, zero DOM mutations within 300ms

Mobile tap target misalignment

A 'Add to Cart' button's visible area is larger than its actual hit target due to padding differences. Taps on the outer edge register in the wrong place.

Dead click at coordinates outside button#add-to-cart bounding box — adjacent empty div receives event

Event listener removed by re-render

A React component re-renders and loses its click handler due to incorrect key usage. The button looks active but is non-functional.

Dead click on button.add-to-wishlist, no React synthetic events fired, correlated with preceding re-render error

Frequently asked questions

What is a dead click?
A dead click is a click on an element that produces no response — no navigation, no state change, no visual feedback. It signals that a user expected something to happen but nothing did. Common causes include broken JavaScript, non-interactive elements styled to look clickable, or misaligned hit targets on mobile.
How is a dead click different from a rage click?
A rage click is rapid repeated clicking — frustration from something not responding fast enough. A dead click is a single click that gets no response at all. FrictaSolv detects both. Dead clicks often precede rage clicks: one dead click leads to repeated clicking once the user realizes nothing happened.
Do I need to configure which elements to track?
No. FrictaSolv uses event delegation to monitor all click events globally. It compares each click to DOM mutations, navigation events, and state changes to determine if anything responded. No selectors to configure, no elements to tag.
Can I see which specific elements are causing dead clicks?
Yes. FrictaSolv logs the CSS selector and page URL for each dead click, so you can identify exactly which element is unresponsive and on which page it occurs most.
Does dead click tracking slow down my site?
No. The SDK is under 4 KB, loads asynchronously, and uses passive event listeners. Dead click detection adds zero perceptible latency to user interactions.

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