call back function set by JS settimeout doesn't work in IE8....

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Published on 2010-06-02T10:13:50Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 5:14 UTC
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<html>  
 <head>  
 <script>  
 function addEvent( obj, type, fn ) {  

   if ( obj.attachEvent ) {  

     obj['e'+type+fn] = fn;  

     obj[type+fn] = function(){obj['e'+type+fn]( window.event );}  

     obj.attachEvent( 'on'+type, obj[type+fn] );  

   } else 

     obj.addEventListener( type, fn, false );  

 }  

 </script>  

 </head>  

 <body>  

 <!-- HTML for example event goes here -->  

 <div id="mydiv" style="border: 1px solid black; width: 100px; height: 100px; margin-top: 10px;"></div>  

 <script>  

 // Script for example event goes here  

 addEvent(document.getElementById('mydiv'), 'contextmenu', function(event) {  
     display_short('right-clicked (contextmenu)');  
 });  

 function display_short(str)  
 {  
     clearTimeout();  
     document.getElementById('mydiv').innerHTML = str;  
     if (str != '')  
         alert("hello");
         setTimeout("display_short('abcd')", 1000);  

 }  
 </script>  
 </body>  
 </html> 

Behaves diffrently in IE and FF when you right click on the div area. In ff display_short will be called for evry 1 sec eventhough you dont release right click but in IE it will not call display_short if you dont release right click.

But i expect in IE it should call display_short for every 1 sec if you dont release also. Is there any solution for this?

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