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AJAX Inline Dictionary like WallStreetJournal.com

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the how-to-do-it dept.

chevoldavis writes "Highlight any text on this site then right click. A tooltip containing the definition of the selected word should show up. This tutorial will show you how to accomplish this, step by step. You can modify it to call any function or webservice. This is similar to the WallStreetJournal.com except they show search results in their tooltip window and they leave the functionality of the context menu while I have chosen to supress it. "

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  1. Reason number 1500672... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ...to disable javascript. The right click is expected to trigger a context menu, if the user wanted a dictionary they'd install a browser extension!

    It really is easier to just disable javascript, and just accept that many badly coded sites stop working completely.