Long time ago, when I learned that prototype's default Event.stop() function (which is now OpenLayers.Event.stop()) was also cancelling the default browser actions, I freaked out and made the following function:
/** Safely stop the propagation of an event *without* preventing
* the default browser action from occurring.
*
* @param {Event} evt
*/
OpenLayers.Util.safeStopPropagation = function(evt) {
if (evt.stopPropagation) {
evt.stopPropagation();
}
evt.cancelBubble = true;
};
I now realizethat this is silly and that it really should just be an optional flag parameter to the OpenLayers.Event.stop() function
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