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Re: Grabbing words/text under mouse?

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Eli the Bearded wrote:

> In comp.lang.javascript, Michael Joel  <null@void.void> wrote:
>> I want to be able to get word definitions to display when a user double
>> clicks a word being displayed.
> 
> I've used sites that do this and I find it very annoying. I double
> click to select words and I triple click to select a paragraphs.
> Usually I do this as a visual bookmark when scrolling, but sometimes
> to cut&paste.

It would not interfere if there was a definition mode that you need to 
enable first.

> If you want to include a glossary for difficult words, you can just use
> <a> links with title text:
> 
>  <a title="section of a document that defines words">glossary</a>

Not so.  If it is a link, use an `href' attribute.  If it is not a link, do 
not use an `a' element; use a `span' element or another inline-level element 
if it is better semantically.  All those have a `title' attribute.

However, be aware that the `title' attribute does not mean "tooltip"; it 
means "additional information" and does not prescribe a certain kind of 
display.  If you want a tooltip, use CSS; for example, my Accessible Pure 
CSS Tooltips, which can be complemented with scripting, as used on 
<http://PointedEars.de/es-matrix>.


PointedEars
-- 
Danny Goodman's books are out of date and teach practices that are
positively harmful for cross-browser scripting.
  -- Richard Cornford, cljs, <cife6q$253$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk> (2004)

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Grabbing words/text under mouse? Michael Joel <null@void.void> - 2012-07-10 15:01 -0400
  Re: Grabbing words/text under mouse? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-07-10 19:39 +0000
    Re: Grabbing words/text under mouse? Michael Joel <null@void.void> - 2012-07-10 19:46 -0400
      Re: Grabbing words/text under mouse? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-07-11 08:39 +0000
      Re: Grabbing words/text under mouse? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-07-12 19:40 -0700
        Re: Grabbing words/text under mouse? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-07-13 07:06 +0000
  Re: Grabbing words/text under mouse? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2012-07-10 19:42 +0000
    Re: Grabbing words/text under mouse? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-07-10 22:32 +0200
  Re: Grabbing words/text under mouse? Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2012-07-11 13:08 +0200
  Re: Grabbing words/text under mouse? Dr J R Stockton <reply1228@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-07-11 21:15 +0100

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