That's correct - there's a ticket open on it (the default handler isn't released, for some reason). We haven't figured out if this only occurs on the document or if it occurs on all elements yet - but for now, it only seems to happen on the document.
Here's the ticket: http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/1610 In the future, you should probably bring stuff like this up to the dev list: http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev Thanks! --John On 9/29/07, radoslaw wesolowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > I've probably found a strange bug in jQuery 1.2 and 1.2.1, which > creates high CPU usage. > > To reproduce it just create site like this one: > <html> > <head> > <script type="text/javascript" src="http:// > jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.2.1.pack.js"></script> > <script type="text/javascript" src="http://dev.iceburg.net/ > jquery/jqDnR/jqDnR.js"></script> > <script type="text/javascript"> > $(document).ready(function(){ > $("#drawing").jqDrag(); > }); > </script> > </head> > <body> > > <div style="position:relative;left:50px;top: > 50px;display:block;background-color:red; width: 50px; height: 50px;" > id="drawing"/> > </body> > </html> > > or visit http://rwesolowski.jogger.pl/files/test-1-2.html . > > Then drag and drop a few times the red box, and next just move mouse > around the site and watch CPU usage (it's note a problem with jqDnR > plugin, i've tested this with some others, and the result was the > same). When jQuery 1.1.4 is used everything is OK (check > http://rwesolowski.jogger.pl/files/test-1-1.html). > > According to the Firebug mousemove event is not released after > dropping, and what's more on each event jQuery calls extend() method. > > Radek > >