Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Leese Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Problem with IE, either with "window.event" or failure to prevent default return on click Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:37:54 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <1869831.hdSLL0z7eq@PointedEars.de> <6ekgn81cbkef0tc9sdhq0kpmr9a55ka6i7@4ax.com> <7022211.qX0gn5gzEG@PointedEars.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:34:49 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="bc0d44cf55202cd6e2b1c9c9a023bd47"; logging-data="32758"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18uAm+A4pNf0jkq0nmiZ0BE" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 (Windows/20071210) In-Reply-To: <7022211.qX0gn5gzEG@PointedEars.de> Cancel-Lock: sha1:U52c3fUNaqDLOd1xxXY2tHkZevE= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:19467 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: ... > (document.getElementById() is not safe with all versions of IE/MSHTML, > though. If you really want to be backwards-compatible [before IE 5.5, > presumably], you need a DOM wrapper for that.) As IE 5.50 is compatible even with Windows 95, I puzzle why anybody would want such backwards compatibility. -- Regards, Martin Leese E-mail: please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/