Clicking on linked text sends a mouseLeave message?

[J. Landman Gay]

On 7/24/03 4:44 PM, Jim Hurley wrote:
> The  script below allows students to click on various words ("objective 
> lens", "ocular lens" etc.) in a "Help field" and an arrow is drawn from 
> the linked word or phrase to the object in question.
> 
> But I want the arrow to go away (set the points of graphic "arrow" to 
> empty) when the the mouse leaves the  field.
> 
>  But my handler "mouseLeave" beeps every time I click on a link, the 
> arrow flashes but immediately disappears.
> 
> Why should clicking on a link send a mouseLeave message?

When the arrow graphic appears under the mouse, the field gets a 
"mouseleave" and the graphic gets a "mouseEnter" message. In other 
words, the focus shifts. (This is a new feature of the engine; it didn't 
used to work that way.)

You could work around it by not using the mouseloc as the start of the 
arrow. Add a few pixels to the horizontal position, for example. 
(Although if the user moves the mouse over the graphic, the graphic will 
disappear again.)

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