[Javascript] Disabling focus and selection on static text objects

[David T. Lovering]

Nor does it appear to work in JavaScript, or the JScript which is attached to IE6.02+.  Good guess though.

Thanks!

-- Dave Lovering

Chris Tifer wrote:
> 
> Yep, here's the event that gets fired:
> 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/events/onselectsta
> rt.asp?frame=true
> 
> Now whether or not this is gong to work in NN, you've got me. I
> can only show you the door - you have to walk through it :-)
> 
> Chris Tifer
> http://www.emailajoke.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David T. Lovering" <dlovering at gazos.com>
> To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:01 AM
> Subject: [Javascript] Disabling focus and selection on static text objects
> 
> >
> > I wonder -- does anybody know how to suppress the selection and/or focus
> on screen widgets (like text labels in front of inputs, etc.)?  I've tried
> the "usual" methods of defining onFocus='this.blur()' for everything which
> is purely window dressing, but
> > it makes no difference.  Same deal with 'readonly' and 'disable'.
> >
> > Back in the early Precambrian, Netscape had a directive (which if memory
> serves was 'noselect') which you could tack into the contents of any
> tag-field descriptor to permanently suppress focus from its widget.
> Obviously, this doesn't exist anymore, but
> > I'd like something that resembles it functionally.
> >
> > This problem manifests whenever someone drags the mouse too quickly over
> the active page and half the screen gets 'selected', including things which
> should never get the focus at all.  Also, I'd like to disable the means for
> punks to double-click or
> > drag-select labels just to mess up my head.
> >
> > -- Dave Lovering
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