[OpenLayers-Users] Users Digest, Vol 8, Issue 19

[Les Szklanny]

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>    1. selecting text in popup... (John Cole)
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> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 10:50:37 -0500
> From: John Cole <john.cole at uai.com>
> Subject: [OpenLayers-Users] selecting text in popup...
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> I'm trying to select the text from a OpenLayers.Popup, but it doesn't seem
> to be working.
>
> Looking at the popup.js, it appears that the intent is to allow selecting
> text:
>
> /** When mouse goes down within the popup, make a note of
>      *   it locally, and then do not propagate the mousedown 
>      *   (but do so safely so that user can select text inside)
>
> Searching the code, it appears that several areas are setting
> document.onselectstart = function() { return false; } to turn off selecting
> text.
>
> I've located all of these calls, placed break points on them in firebug, and
> tried to select text in the popup, but none of these are being hit.
>
> Are there any other points where selecting is disabled besides the
> onselectstart functions?
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> Thanks,
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> John
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This doesn't work in FF 2.0, but it works OK in IE 6 and 7, and Opera 9.2.

Is this a bug in OpenLayers? 

Les Szklanny
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