hi guys, do you have any ideas how do they do this?
thanks for any info.
thanks for any info.
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Pop up Word Definition on double click OR select/highlight
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Have you checked their JS? Everything is in their JS file.
It seems they are using jquery to monitor the onmouseup event of the articlebody element. And then simply get the selection using window.getSelection or document.selection depending on the browser.
However their feature doesn't work in FF though it does in IE.
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It seems they are using jquery to monitor the onmouseup event of the articlebody element. And then simply get the selection using window.getSelection or document.selection depending on the browser.
However their feature doesn't work in FF though it does in IE.
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What version of Fx are you using? It works fine for me in 3.6.12...
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3.6.12 too. When I double Click or even try to just select a word a nothing happens.
I get a bunch of CSS warnings, and a "COMSCORE is not defined" error in FF's error console. Not sure its related though.
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I get a bunch of CSS warnings, and a "COMSCORE is not defined" error in FF's error console. Not sure its related though.
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hi vacunita and billy, thanks for your inputs.
vacunita, i tested it in my firefox and it's working.
and....guys,
having looked at this page:
i managed to strip the necessary code that makes this 'select-popup-search' thingy work and i have this sample page below.
mypage.html
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "<html>
<head>
<script src=" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="<title>Google</title>
</head>
<body >
<div id="articleBody">
<p>
It was Google, in the odd dual role of both unwitting matchmaker and self-interested spoiler.
Google’s phenomenal rise, after all, prodded Microsoft, the dominant technology company for more than two </p>
<p>It was in the odd dual head role of both unwitting matchmaker and self-interested spoiler. </p>
<p>Google’s phenomenal rise, after all, prodded Microsoft, the dominant technology company for more than two decades, to court Yahoo. And Goog
</div>
</body>
</html>
i managed to save the script 'altClickToSearch.js' in my local machine but when i saved the 'common.js' to my local machine and linked to it, it doesnt seem to work, i.e. the popup is not showing. i tried all sorts but can't make it to work that's why i just left the original link( i want this file to be on my local machine.
any ideas guys?
vacunita, i tested it in my firefox and it's working.
and....guys,
having looked at this page:
i managed to strip the necessary code that makes this 'select-popup-search' thingy work and i have this sample page below.
mypage.html
-----------
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "<html>
<head>
<script src=" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="<title>Google</title>
</head>
<body >
<div id="articleBody">
<p>
It was Google, in the odd dual role of both unwitting matchmaker and self-interested spoiler.
Google’s phenomenal rise, after all, prodded Microsoft, the dominant technology company for more than two </p>
<p>It was in the odd dual head role of both unwitting matchmaker and self-interested spoiler. </p>
<p>Google’s phenomenal rise, after all, prodded Microsoft, the dominant technology company for more than two decades, to court Yahoo. And Goog
</div>
</body>
</html>
i managed to save the script 'altClickToSearch.js' in my local machine but when i saved the 'common.js' to my local machine and linked to it, it doesnt seem to work, i.e. the popup is not showing. i tried all sorts but can't make it to work that's why i just left the original link( i want this file to be on my local machine.
any ideas guys?
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