Adding onmousedown event on click of a link

Discussion in 'JavaScript' started by Zipp425, Nov 22, 2006.

  1. #1
    Although the title pretty much says it all Ill get more detailed.

    
    <script type="text/javascript">
    function $(v) { return(document.getElementById(v)); }
    function browser(v) { return(Math.max(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf(v),0)); }
    function xy(e,v) { return(v?(browser('msie')?event.clientY+document.body.scrollTop:e.pageY):(browser('msie')?event.clientX+document.body.scrollTop:e.pageX)); }
    
    function dragOBJ(d,e) {
    
    function drag(e) { if(!stop) { d.style.top=(tX=xy(e,1)+oY-eY+'px'); d.style.left=(tY=xy(e)+oX-eX+'px'); } }
    
    var oX=parseInt(d.style.left),oY=parseInt(d.style.top),eX=xy(e),eY=xy(e,1),tX,tY,stop;
    
    
    document.onmousemove=drag; 
    //OnRelease Function
    document.onmouseup=function(){ 
    stop=1; 
    document.onmousemove=''; 
    document.onmouseup=''; 
    document.getElementById('document').innerHTML += '<p>left: '+document.getElementById('object1').style.left+'; top: '+document.getElementById('object1').style.top+';</p>'; 
    };
    
    }
    </script>
    
    </head>
    
    <body>
    <div id="document"></div>
    <div id="object1" style="color:#ffffff;height: 100px; width: 100px; background: #000; position: absolute;z-index:2; top: 0; left: 0" onmousedown="dragOBJ(this,event)"></div>
    <a href="#" style=" onclick="document.getElementById('object2').setAttribute('onmousedown','dragOBJ(this,event)')">check</a>
    <div id="object2" style="color:#ffffff;height: 100px; width: 100px; background: #0099ff; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0"></div>
    
    Code (markup):
    I want to be able to click the link and have it turn drag and drop on for object2...

    What I have now works fine in Firefox, but it isnt working in IE...
     
    Zipp425, Nov 22, 2006 IP