how to prevent focus event in IE when mousedown happens

Question

event.preventDefault(); return false; event.stopPropagation();

any of them can prevent focus event from happening when I trigger a mousedown event in Firefox and chrome, but it failed in IE.In fact,chrome has another problem. when mousedowning, :hover css is not working. `

<input type="text" id="name">
<div id="suggest">
  <div>mark</div>
  <div>sam</div>
  <div>john</div>
</div>
$("#name").focus(suggest.show).blur(suggest.hide);

` what I expected is, when I click the sub div, such as "sam",and then $("#name").val("sam"). but the problem is, when I press the mouse(just mousedown,not released), the $("#name").blur runs immediately and suggest div becomes hide.

Answer 1

You can use "unselectable" attribute for prevent losing focus in IE and mousedown handler for other.

<input type="text" id="name">

<div onmousedown="return false" unselectable="on" id="suggest">
  <div unselectable="on">mark</div>
  <div unselectable="on">sam</div>
  <div unselectable="on">john</div>
</div>