How to disable event to propagate in Bing Maps v8?

Question

I am trying to temporarily disable user's panning ability in a mapping application using Bing Maps v8 (JavaScript). This code sort of works, but I see in the debugger console that I get an error saying "preventDefault is not a function". The code does work and panning is indeed not happening (nor any other mousedown event) - but the exception is always thrown. Any advice would be appreciated!

disableHandlerId = Microsoft.Maps.Events.addHandler(map, 'mousedown', function (mouseEvent) {

                mouseEvent.preventDefault();

            });

Answer 1

To temporarily disable panning you can set the disablePanning option of the map accordingly. This would be much easier that trying to block events within the map, especially since there are several ways to pan a map (mouse, touch, keyboard).

For example:

map.setOptions({
    disablePanning: true
});

map.setOptions({
		disablePanning: false
	});

As a quick test, here is some code that would disable panning for 5 seconds after the map loads, then reenable it:

var map = new Microsoft.Maps.Map(document.getElementById('myMap'), {});
map.setOptions({
    disablePanning: true
});

setTimeout(() => {
	map.setOptions({
		disablePanning: false
	});
}, 5000);