Pass event to a sibling html element - javascript

I have created an app with three.js were there are 2 renderers (1 canvas and 1 div(css renderer)).
The css renderer is on top of the canvas and I would like to pass any type of event to the canvas element which is behind. So far I have failed to create a dispatcher...
What I have tried so far:
1)
// on top element css renderer
$(this.cssRenderer.domElement).on("click mousedown mouseup mousemove focus blur keydown keyup change touchstart touchend touchmove", function ( event ) {
event.preventDefault();
event.stopImmediatePropagation();
//canvas background domelement
$(that.renderer.domElement).trigger(event);
});
2)
$(this.cssRenderer.domElement).on("click mousedown mouseup mousemove focus blur keydown keyup change touchstart touchend touchmove", function ( event ) {
event.preventDefault();
event.stopImmediatePropagation();
that.renderer.domElement.dispatchEvent(event.originalEvent);
});
In case 2 I get the following error:
Uncaught InvalidStateError: Failed to execute 'dispatchEvent' on
'EventTarget': The event is already being dispatched.
I also tried to copy the object or pass it after some timeOut but nothing seem to work.
I haven't done anything similar so I'd like a little help or some guidance.

You can't just pass event to your trigger function, as event is an object and trigger requires a string as an argument.
Instead, try passing event.type instead:
$(that.renderer.domElement).trigger(event.type);
Read up here.
JSFiddle (or with mouse coordinates)
To also pass mouse coordinates I am passing an object (mouse) as well as the event type.

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