- From: Johnny Stenback <jst@netscape.com>
- Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 01:28:21 -0800
- To: Jeff Yates <pbwiz@hotmail.com>
- CC: www-dom@w3.org
Jeff Yates wrote: > I have been programing in JavaScript in Mozilla, and I have noticed > that they do not apply the button attribute in the MouseEvent they way > you recommend (DOM: 0=left, 1=middle, 2=right Moz:1=left, 2=middle, > 3=right). Has the W3C DOM recomendation been updated, or has Mozilla > just improperly applied it? > This is a bug in mozilla, see http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60703 (you can add yourself to the cc list of the bug if you wanto track the progress on the bug). > > > I would also recommend adding buttonLeft, buttonRight and buttonMiddle > properties to show when multiple buttons are being pressed, and keep > the button property to show which one is being pressed for this event > (pressed last). Here is an example of why it is important to know: > Right click on the document and hold. Drag the mouse out of the > browser window. Bring the mouse back into the window and left click > on the document. If you were trying to capture a left AND right click > by keeping track of the mousedown and mouseup events then this method > would fail (mouseup does not happen when it is release outside of the > browser). > > > > Thank you. > > > > Jeff. > -- jst
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