Revert r6710: The new popup coe is going to need to change tests, so this

needs to wait.


git-svn-id: http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers@6711 dc9f47b5-9b13-0410-9fdd-eb0c1a62fdaf

lib/OpenLayers/Control.js

@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ OpenLayers.Control = OpenLayers.Class({
      */
     type: null, 
 
+    /** 
+     * Property: allowSelection
+     * {Boolean} By deafault, controls do not allow selection, because
+     * it may interfere with map dragging. If this is true, OpenLayers
+     * will not prevent selection of the control.
+     * Default is false.
+     */
+    allowSelection: false,  
+
     /** 
      * Property: displayClass 
      * {string}  This property is used for CSS related to the drawing of the
@@ -240,6 +249,11 @@ OpenLayers.Control = OpenLayers.Class({
         if (this.div == null) {
             this.div = OpenLayers.Util.createDiv(this.id);
             this.div.className = this.displayClass;
+            if (!this.allowSelection) {
+                this.div.className += " olControlNoSelect";
+                this.div.setAttribute("unselectable", "on", 0);
+                this.div.onselectstart = function() { return(false); }; 
+            }    
             if (this.title != "") {
                 this.div.title = this.title;
             }