Synergy prevents click and drag actions in some Windows applications

Question

How can I make every word from my select list a hyperlink to another page?

When the leaderboard select is dynamically populated with options (per the code below), I want to make options clickable and have them redirect to a specified page.

<select id='standings' name='standings' onchange="listTeam(this)">
    <option value='0'>A</option>
    <option value='1'>B</option>
    <option value='2'>C</option>
    <option value='3'>D</option>
</select>

<select id='leaderBoard' name='leaderBoard' multiple="multiple" size="1" style="width: 100px;"> </select>

<script type="text/javascript">

    var teams = [
                "x y z ",
                "e r t z u ",
                "w e r t",
            ],

            listTeam = function listTeam(sel) {
                var val = document.getElementById('standings').value, //get the selected value
                        team = teams[val], //get the selected team, based on value
                        lb = document.getElementById('leaderBoard'); //get the leaderBoard select element

                lb.options.length = 0;

                var people = team.trim().split(/\s/);
                for (var j = 0; j < people.length; j++) {
                    var opt = document.createElement('option')
                    opt.innerText = people[j];
                    lb.appendChild(opt);
                }
            };
    listTeam();

</script>

Solution 1

It is a bug, and is normally caused by "stuck keys" (when Synergy is mistakenly telling the OS a key is being pressed when it isn't.) Usually having the Escape key stuck prevents dragging and dropping. Workarounds for this are varied, but for me (with a Windows client and Linux server) pressing all the modifier keys one by one while on the client screen (alt, shift, ctrl, win), the escape key, and also pressing alt+ctrl+pause (to bring up the Windows alt+ctrl+del screen) and escape fixes the problem (until the Windows PC is next locked with Win+L or by the screensaver.)

Solution 2

I use Synergy for two Win 10 clients and MS Word and Outlook often suffer with this problem. I have found that Ctrl + Esc clears the issue.

Comments

[David]

selects can't contain anchors (hyperlinks). What are you actually trying to accomplish?

[Evan Knowles]

" how can I every word from my select" I think you accidentally a word.

[user200]

var teams = ["x y z ", "e r t z u ", "w e r t", ...... I want for Example "x" is a hyperlink to another page

[m3z]

ok, that sort of makes sense - so to get around the problem you press alt then shift then ctrl then win then esc and alt-ctrl-pause - i had noticed the shift key getting stuck and that pressing it once or twice fixed it, didn't think of another key being stuck - if it works i'll be back to accept your answer

[David LeBauer]

Is this the bug: github.com/synergy/synergy/issues/3784?