gotcha - thanks
-GTG
On 8/3/07, Klaus Hartl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Ganeshji Marwaha wrote:
> > klaus, how did u use timeout to prevent IE or Opera from firing change
> > events...
> >
> > Or, did u mean that, to achieve cross-browser consistency, u didn't
> > listen for change events, rather chose to poll the select on an
> interval?
>
>
> I'm simply delaying the handler being executed via setTimeout to prevent
> the event handler fired too early if a user navigates quickly through
> the select with the keyboard. In my case I needed to submit the form,
> which is of course critical:
>
> var change;
> $('select').bind('change', function() {
> var form = this.form, submit = function() { form.submit(); };
> if ($.browser.msie || $.browser.opera) {
> clearTimeout(change);
> change = setTimeout(submit, 400);
> } else {
> submit();
> }
> });
>
>
> I'd say that is still not 100% bulletproof, but it works...
>
>
> --Klaus
>
