configure to disable unless modifier key is pressed

[penguin_brian]

e.g. put something like

if (!event.metaKey && !event.ctrlKey && !event.shiftKey) {
   return;
}

At top of _mouseStart function. Might be better to make it configurable.

That way if there are links, etc, on this selectable item, the user can still click on the links, and get select functionality by using one of the modifier keys

[tj.vantoll]

Hi penguin_brian,

Thanks for taking the time to contribute to the jQuery UI project. The cancel option (​http://api.jqueryui.com/selectable/#option-cancel) should provide the functionality that you're describing: ​http://jsfiddle.net/tj_vantoll/9nR3c/.

Thanks.

[penguin_brian]

Interesting idea.

Unfortunately, that does not help in my case, as the entire item is clickable. I want to leave it as clickable if no modifier keys have been pushed.

Thanks

[tj.vantoll]

I don't believe this to be a common use case and you can accomplish this fairly easily with the cancel option: ​http://jsfiddle.net/tj_vantoll/wW6Fc/. If you need further help use the forums or Stack Overflow.

[penguin_brian]

Like I said, the cancel option does something different entirely. It does not solve my problem.

[penguin_brian]

So the best way forward might be for me to create a new widget derived from ui.selectable that overrides _mouseStart and only calls the parent class if my criteria is satisfied. Still learning jquery and jquery-ui, but it looks like it should be possible.