Jake - Thank you! I have checked in Chrome, and adding "evt.preventDefault();" into the onmousedown event handler stops the flickering text highlight.
I have checked in Firefox 4b9, and adding "evt.preventDefault();" into the onmousedown event handler stops the wierd text drag thing. Excellent, and thank you. Would you recommend something I should look at to get a better understanding of what is going on? GB --- In [email protected], "gb_n_svg" <gbulmeruk@...> wrote: > > Jake - Thanks for the advice. > > Is the "evt.preventDefault();" called on *EVERY* mouse event, or only once, > initially in an "onload", or something? > > GB > > --- In [email protected], Jacob Beard <jbeard4@> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 11-01-17 05:21 PM, GB wrote: > > > > > > Firefox often (but not always) creates a text 'drag rectangle' and > > > when mouse-up, the rectangle disappears, and the dragged 'use' > > > elements 'jump' to the cursor. So the whole set of events are > > > propagated, but after the button is released, and the mouse-up is > > > lost, which is very awkward. > > > > > You can disable this behaviour in Firefox by calling > > evt.preventDefault(); in the event handler. This might also disable and > > normalize the other browser behaviours you mentioned, but I'm not sure. > > If you have success with this, please be sure to post your experiences here. > > > > Jake > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [email protected] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
