I'm a web developer focused on UI.
Many interface features in my web application are based on double-clicking.
In IE, this brings up that new annoying "accelerators" icon which interferes with my user interface. Is it possible to disable "accelerators" on my pages? Maybe with some new stupid IE-specific meta tag?
In my case, the accelerator thing was popping up when I was tracking mousedown/mousemove/mouseup events. To prevent it, I cleared the document selection on mouseup.
if (document.selection)
document.selection.clear();
You can use Internet Explorer custom Event selectstart with return false to prevent showing that ugly slice icon.
update: I have seen several solutions, which involve something like getElement -> add them event listener. It is not ideal solution. Use bubbling is better. Just register one selectstart on document, it is enough.
Doubt if you still need this, but for everyone who's annoyed by this accelerator function, go to...
Tools > Internet Options > Advanced
Then uncheck the box for "Display Accelerator button on selection", under "Browsing".
Cheers.