Looks good under Firefox and Opera except that when I click-n-drag I
am also selecting text. I'm still not sure how the original code
avoided that.

Under Chrome is't not working at all. :-(

On Apr 13, 2:30 pm, Lwangaman <donjohn.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I've done it.
>
> http://jsbin.com/adixe/edit
>
> I have also left out the mouseleave event, and applied the mouseup to
> the whole document instead of to the table, that way even if I leave
> the table but still have the mouse button down, I don't lose the value
> in the variable. Only if I let go of the mouse button (on or off the
> table) do I reset the variable.
>
> @Ricardo and @jscripter: does this work good?
>
> On 13 Apr, 14:41, Lwangaman <donjohn.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I tried working on it again and made a little progress... Now I got
> > parent and child selected correctly, but I don't have mouseover
> > working for some reason...
>
> >http://jsbin.com/avigi/edit
>
> > On 13 Apr, 02:43, Lwangaman <donjohn.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > One more detail: mouseout should not take effect until mouseup.
> > > In fact, right now, if I click and begin to drag, then still holding
> > > the mouse button I leave the area, and still holding it come back over
> > > the cells, they no longer get checked / unchecked because mouseout has
> > > already kicked in. Instead it shouldn't kick in until I actually let
> > > go of the mouse button, and I could let go of it anywhere on the page
> > > I suppose, so I guess "mouseup" would have to be applied to the whole
> > > document.
>
> > > On 13 Apr, 02:33, Lwangaman <donjohn.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I tried something along those lines...
>
> > > >http://jsbin.com/ehedu/edit
>
> > > > But I just don't have the hang of using "this" correctly and knowing
> > > > when to refer to dom elements as dom elements or as jquery objects...
>
> > > > The idea is to tie all events to the container of the checkboxes (i.e.
> > > > table cells), and not to the external container (table or ul list or
> > > > whatever), and yet be able to read and write the value of the
> > > > checkboxes...
>
> > > > On 13 Apr, 01:13, Lwangaman <donjohn.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Taking up jscripter's suggestion, I just noticed myself that applying
> > > > > the mousedown and mouseover to the whole table keeps you from being
> > > > > able to click on any links that may be contained in the table. For
> > > > > example my table has links in the header cells that when clicked
> > > > > reorder the table according to that column. Now I can no longer click
> > > > > them...
> > > > > And, as jscripter says, in the X-Library the mousedown and mouseover
> > > > > was applied to the cells containing the checkboxes and not to the
> > > > > checkboxes themselves, so that it was enough to click on the cells
> > > > > surrounding the checkboxes in order to get them checked / unchecked.
>
> > > > > Ricardo do you think you could manage something like that? (I'm only
> > > > > an apprentice and I don't have your expertice!)
>
> > > > > On 12 Apr, 22:31, jscripter <pc88m...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Hey - this is great work - I just happened to be looking for this
> > > > > > functionality.
>
> > > > > > How would you apply what you have done here to re-writing the 
> > > > > > original
> > > > > > X-library code that uses TDs for the checkbox label?
>
> > > > > > Thanks!
>
> > > > > > On Apr 12, 2:04 pm, Ricardo <ricardob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Sure! I have a few other plugins I also want to upload, I'll do 
> > > > > > > that.
>
> > > > > > > I took the time to rewrite it more carefully. No more binding/
> > > > > > > unbinding, a single var, all namespaced and bugs ironed out (if 
> > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > put the cursor away while holding the button, the mouseover would
> > > > > > > remain active even after mouseup).
>
> > > > > > > The advantage of namespacing is you can easily remove all event
> > > > > > > handlers. I included that in the plugin, in the example you can 
> > > > > > > use $
> > > > > > > ('ul').dragCheck(false) to disable it completely.
>
> > > > > > >http://jsbin.com/amoxi/edit
>
> > > > > > > cheers,
> > > > > > > - ricardo
>
> > > > > > > On Apr 12, 9:48 am, Lwangaman <donjohn.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > @Ricardo
> > > > > > > > Do you think it could be useful to add this to the jquery 
> > > > > > > > plugins at
> > > > > > > > plugins.jquery.com? I'd say it could be put under your name 
> > > > > > > > because
> > > > > > > > you did all the big work!
>
> > > > > > > > On 12 Apr, 14:35, Lwangaman <donjohn.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > Ok that works better, I just changed "clicked.checked = 
> > > > > > > > > !isChecked" to
> > > > > > > > > "clicked.checked = isChecked":
>
> > > > > > > > >http://jsbin.com/idihi/edit
>
> > > > > > > > > On 12 Apr, 08:11, Ricardo <ricardob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > The problem with your fix is that the event target for the 
> > > > > > > > > > mouseup is
> > > > > > > > > > not the same as the mousedown. You can resolve that by 
> > > > > > > > > > saving the
> > > > > > > > > > clicked checkbox in a var, and because of event order the 
> > > > > > > > > > change has
> > > > > > > > > > to be made on 'click' rather than mouseup.
>
> > > > > > > > > >http://jsbin.com/asizu/edit
>
> > > > > > > > > > Sorry for the bugs, this was written rather quickly, I hope 
> > > > > > > > > > it works
> > > > > > > > > > now :)
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Apr 11, 11:30 am, Lwangaman <donjohn.f...@gmail.com> 
> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Ok I tried to touch up the code a little to fix that, 
> > > > > > > > > > > here's my
> > > > > > > > > > > example:
>
> > > > > > > > > > >http://jsbin.com/iyubi/edit
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Now, with a single click, the value on mouseup is 
> > > > > > > > > > > reversed to keep it
> > > > > > > > > > > as it was with mousedown. But, when you do a drag, the 
> > > > > > > > > > > mouseup of the
> > > > > > > > > > > last checkbox is not canceled or reversed... I suppose it 
> > > > > > > > > > > would be
> > > > > > > > > > > enough to cancel $(this)'s mouseup, but how would you 
> > > > > > > > > > > refer to $(this)
> > > > > > > > > > > from within the $boxes.bind('mouseover')?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On 11 Apr, 16:07, Lwangaman <donjohn.f...@gmail.com> 
> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > Hmm, just noticed one problem though... A single click 
> > > > > > > > > > > > on a checkbox
> > > > > > > > > > > > is supposed to work too, but with this code as soon as 
> > > > > > > > > > > > you mouseup the
> > > > > > > > > > > > value goes back the other way... You have to drag off 
> > > > > > > > > > > > in order to keep
> > > > > > > > > > > > the value in there...
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On 11 Apr, 06:21, Ricardo <ricardob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I think you already got the .dc namespacing thing, 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > so: the mousedown
> > > > > > > > > > > > > is not being bound to the checkbox, but to the 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > container element (the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > table, or in my example below, the UL). When you 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > click a checkbox the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > mousedown event will bubble up to the container and 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > fire this handler.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > As I expected my code had some flaws a few typing 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > errors, see it fixed/
> > > > > > > > > > > > > working here:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > >http://jsbin.com/edabo/edit
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I added the ability to specify a selector for the 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > checkboxes, that way
> > > > > > > > > > > > > you can skip the ones you don't want. In case it's 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > not provided all
> > > > > > > > > > > > > checkboxes are used by default.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > cheers,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - ricardo
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 10, 8:17 pm, Lwangaman 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > <donjohn.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok first of all thanks for taking interest!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Then, I've tried going through your code and 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > applying it, and I have a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > few questions:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Besides the mouseover.dc that I didn't get 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > either...
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- I'm supposing that $boxes would be a variable 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > where all the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > checkboxes that are applicable have been stored 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > previously? Yet, if
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > you build it as a "plugin" you have no way of 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > defining which
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > checkboxes are to comprised (unless this 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > functionality is built into
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > the plugin using data passed through parameters, I 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > suppose).
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Then I don't quite understand what the 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > "mousedown" is being bound
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > to. In my example (which was not built as a plugin, 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > but I suppose a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > plugin or defined function would be even better 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > because it's much more
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > flexible and anyone can download it and use it), 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > the "mousedown" was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > being bound to all the cells that had checkboxes in 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > them, and I was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > determining that through the class I had given them
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > "mychkbox" (because I didn't want some of the 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > checkboxes included,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > since they do not have an active state; the table 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > has names,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > addresses, emails, and those that don't have an 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > email have an inactive
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > checkbox). I was also trying to follow 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > cross-browser.com's way of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > listening to the mousedown on the cell containing 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > the checkbox rather
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > than on the checkbox itself, making the whole 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > click-drag thing a lot
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > more user-friendly.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10 Apr, 20:36, jay <jay.ab...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just curious.. What is the difference between 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mouseover.dc and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mouseover?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 10, 1:44 pm, Ricardo 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <ricardob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This (untested) is how I envision the code for 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > $.fn.dragCheck = function(){
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   //this == the current jQuery element
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   return this.each(function(){
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >     //this == current element in the loop 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (table etc)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >     $(this).bind('mousedown', function(e){
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >         //don't do anything if you didn't click 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a checkbox
>
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