Re: preventDefault() on SELECT element (FF2 & FF3)
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On Aug 20, 3:37 pm, Martijn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all! > > I've got a problem with preventDefault() on some FF widgets. Please > > see the example below (works in Opera 9.5). The checkbox is ok but > > there is no way to prevent the default action on SELECT element. I've > > tried even with document.addEventListener in capture phase. And still > > nothing. Any hints, workarounds? > > No hint or workaround from me, but this seems to behttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291082 > > Perhaps you could do something like this as a workaround? > event.target.blur(); > setTimeout(function(aEl) {aEl.focus()}, 0, event.target); > > Regards, > Martijn > > > > > <html> > > <head> > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > var KEY_LEFT = 0x25; > > var KEY_RIGHT = 0x27; > > > function elem_onKey(event) > > { > > switch (event.keyCode){ > > case KEY_LEFT: > > //dump("left\n"); > > break; > > case KEY_RIGHT: > > //dump("right\n"); > > break; > > default: > > return true;//propagate > > } > > event.preventDefault(); > > event.stopPropagation(); > > return false;//just consume the event when it matches one of defined > > keys > > }; > > > </script> > > </head> > > <body> > > <select onkeydown="elem_onKey(event);" > > onkeyup="elem_onKey(event);" > > onkeypress="elem_onKey(event);"> > > <option> a </option> > > <option> b </option> > > <option> c </option> > > <option> d </option> > > </select> > > <br> > > <form> > > <input type="checkbox" onclick="event.preventDefault();" > > onmouseover="event.preventDefault();" > > onmousedown="event.preventDefault();"/> > > <label for="checkbox">Checkbox</label> > > </form> > > </body> > > </html> > > _______________________________________________ > > dev-tech-dom mailing list > > [email protected] > >https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-dom > > -- > Martijn Wargers - Help Mozilla!http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/qa/http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla_QA_Community > irc://irc.mozilla.org/qa - /nick mw22 Hello.I would like to keep the old value(it depends on me when this will happen) when somebody uses a select element. I mean i change the select element from value 1 to 2 but because of some reasons i would like to return to 1. How can i do that please? I have tried a lot of things. Is there a solution that works both in FF and IE ? btw what is aEl that you mentioned earlier? thanks!