Webkit - Draggable Selection
Hello,
I have just come from this thread in the group for the jQuery UI
Layout plugin:
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui-layout/browse_thread/thread/1a7aa192f7411621?hl=en
In short, in the latest jQUI library (I say latest because there may
not have been an issue in the past) there appears to be a Webkit bug
when draggable is initiated that causes elements on the page to be
selected as if the user had just clicked anywhere and started
dragging. This can be seen in the jQUI Layout plugin that implements
draggable:
http://layout.jquery-dev.net/demos/tabs.html
...and in other, more standard draggables. When you compare the
actions across browsers, you can see that in Mozilla and IE browsers
it seems to work fine, but in Webkit browsers (Chrome/Safari) the bug
happens.
I've tried various hacks like using .disableSelection()
and .enableSelection() at various points in the script, but none seem
to have worked quite as expected.
Please let me know if this is a known issue, if any solutions have
already been proposed, if anyone has any idea what might be causing
it, or if anybody thinks they might have a solution.
Thanks!
Jan