Re: HTML4 and XHTML events module clarification request (was: Onclick event issue with different mouse buttons)

Philippe,

> > To summarize, the question is: should the "click" event fire when the user (on a Windows platform, for example) presses the Right mouse button to activate the browser "context menu"? 

> The current opinion is yes. The HTML4 idea was that the handler did the filtering (left, right, center, ...).

> This needs to be clarified in the HTML4 and XHTML events module specification. In any case, the resolution of this issue is outside the scope of the DOM specification.


I disagree, it is totally within the scope of the DOM and only the DOM.  You see, the MouseEvent can and should be applied to all documents that can be viewed on a screen.  This includes XML documents, not just HTML documents.  

Since this is not just a HTML only event, it should fall to the DOM Working Group to define how and when the event fires.



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Received on Thursday, 12 April 2001 13:22:14 UTC