'event.layerX and event.layerY are broken and deprecated in WebKit.' Errors

Question

I just updated Chrome to version 16.0.912.63 and now I get hundreds of errors using jQuery 1.7.1. Seems to fire whenever the mouse is moved...

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Answer 1

In my case it was the Chrome extension "Search by Image (by Google) 1.1.0"

Nothing to do with my application.

Disable it and you'll be free of these annoying errors.

Answer 2

add js to js file footer:

(function(){
    //remove layerX and layerY
    var all = $.event.props,
    len = all.length,
    res = [];
    while (len--) {
      var el = all[len];
      if (el != 'layerX' && el != 'layerY') res.push(el);
    }
    $.event.props = res;
}());

you can try it.

Answer 3

You should only worry about this if it is:

• your website and
• you are planning to upgrade jQuery to a version > 1.7 in the future and
• you are using layerX and layerY all over the place

The message is just telling you that those two properties are deprecated (at least in Webkit) and will be removed from jQuery in the near future.