JavaScript: onclick=hide the caller

MichaelCL · 12-30-2006, 11:53 PM

Hi!

this:

<input type="button" onmouseup="this.style.display='none';" value="clickMe" />

causes IE to stop responding to (nearly) all mouse input. Including IE's own menu bar. Reloading the page stops the problem. Generating virtual clicks on other objects does not.

Does anybody here understand why this happens and how I can prevent it from happening? I realise the form presented here has no use whatsoever but on my page it makes sense

Arty Effem · 12-31-2006, 01:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MichaelCL

Hi!

this:

<input type="button" onmouseup="this.style.display='none';" value="clickMe" />

causes IE to stop responding to (nearly) all mouse input. Including IE's own menu bar. Reloading the page stops the problem. Generating virtual clicks on other objects does not.

Does anybody here understand why this happens and how I can prevent it from happening? I realise the form presented here has no use whatsoever but on my page it makes sense

Seems to be just the mouseup event. It's O.K. using onclick or onmousedown. Do you need to use mouseup?

MichaelCL · 12-31-2006, 01:34 AM

I never even thought of that...

I guess onclick will just have to do

Thanks! I started using onmouseup because someone suggested this would give you the ability to cancel clicks by holding the button down, moving the cursor off the button and then releasing again. But as far as I can see that functionality is already present... Leaves me wondering what mouseup is for then

Thanks!

david_kw · 12-31-2006, 02:55 AM

mouseup is useful for drag and drop.

david_kw