start drag fails in ie7+8 when started on a element and distance set

[immoserver]

testcase: ​http://jsfiddle.net/yjjM5/2/

when you open the test in ie7+8 and start dragging a li on the text or the dot everything works fine. but when you start dragging on the a element "link" then the drag wont start.

When you remove the distance option it works.

[immoserver]

this also happens when the drag starts on an image, updated testcase: ​http://jsfiddle.net/yjjM5/4/

might be related to ticket #7359 other browsers work fine.

[Scott González]

It's going to be true for anything that's natively draggable.

[immoserver]

I've done a little research and stumbled upon this fix: ​http://davidwalsh.name/prevent-internet-explorers-default-image-dragging-action

adding this line

document.ondragstart = function () { return false; };

disables IEs native dragging "feature" and resolves the problem.

shouldnt draggable/sortable add this when needed ?

[Scott González]

Asynchronous determination of whether to handle an interaction is actually a much larger issue than just completely disabling native drag.

[mikesherov]

Thanks for taking the time to contribute to the jQuery UI project! I can no longer reproduce the issue using the latest jQuery and jQuery UI using the info provided. ​http://jsfiddle.net/JC45E/

If you can still reproduce it, please feel free to reply to this ticket with a test case showing the problem. Thanks!

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