This small code listens click event, checks window.getSelection().isCollapsed, and opens a popup only when the selection is collapsed.
Howto:
Browsers show different behavior here. In the click listener, Edge 15.16184 preview and Firefox 53 get collapsed selection, Edge 15.15063 and Chrome get non-collapsed selection (although Chrome suffers race condition and sometimes gets collapsed one).
I'm using selection check on click listener to allow users freely click anywhere to deselect text without worrying button click, but this inconsistency blocks my use case. (I expect every browser get non-collapsed selection on click listener.)
Problem: The order between selection collapsing and click event is different across browsers
Demo: http://codepen.io/SaschaNaz/pen/wdeqZX
This small code listens click event, checks
window.getSelection().isCollapsed, and opens a popup only when the selection is collapsed.Howto:
Browsers show different behavior here. In the click listener, Edge 15.16184 preview and Firefox 53 get collapsed selection, Edge 15.15063 and Chrome get non-collapsed selection (although Chrome suffers race condition and sometimes gets collapsed one).
I'm using selection check on click listener to allow users freely click anywhere to deselect text without worrying button click, but this inconsistency blocks my use case. (I expect every browser get non-collapsed selection on click listener.)