Subj : Re: MouseUp in other frame? (Netscape)
To   : Alexi Jordanov
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Mon Jun 21 2004 11:22 am

Alexi Jordanov wrote:

Wrong newsgroup.  See headers, please use the right group.

/be

> --------- First question --------- 
> I have two frames and I want to realize Drag&Drop. When I press mouse down
> in the first one and try to release it at the second I didn't receive at
> second one the mouse up event. Why? How can I make workaround. I need it in
> order to find div in the second frame where mouse up occures. I am just
> trying to avoid calculations. Any advice?
> 
> --------- Second question --------- 
> 
> I have two frames. The second frame is capturing all mouse up events. There
> are also link and text in span which both capture mouse down event and
> return 'false' in order to prevent drag and drop or text selection in
> Netscape/Mozilla.
> 
> So I press mouse down over link or text into the second, move cursor over
> the first and release mouse up. No event for mouse up triggers into second
> frame. If I make the same thing starting with mouse down from any text or
> any other point in the second frame the event for mouse up is triggered and
> I capture it successfully.
> 
> Why Mozilla acts in this way? Any ideas? Actually what I am trying to do is
> to realize my own drag and drop from second frame to the first. Of course I
> need frames because the second frame can load any URL at any time while at
> the same time the content of first remains unchanged.
> 
> Regards, Alexi
> 
> PS: Exampe of span
> <span ID="myspan" onmousedown="return false;">some text</span>
> 
> 
> 
>

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