Javascript: how to block the right mouse button

Here is a simple script to lock the right mouse button on a web page.

ONE JAVASCRIPT PER WEEK - practical demonstration

   
  
    A:link, A:visited { text-decoration: none }
  
    A:hover { text-decoration: underline }
  
   

function article (str) {

        searchWin = window.open(str,’articolo’,’scrollbars=no,
resizable=yes,width=485,height=300,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no’);

//        searchWin.refer = self;

}

<!– Begin
function right (e) {
if (navigator.appName == ‘Netscape’ &&
(e.which == 3 || e.which == 2))
return false;
else if (navigator.appName == ‘Microsoft Internet Explorer’ &&
(event.button == 2 || event.button == 3)) {
alert (“Sorry, the right mouse button is disabled”);
return false;
}
return true;
}

document.onmousedown = right;
if (document.layers) window.captureEvents (Event.MOUSEDOWN);
window.onmousedown = right;
//  End –>

Try clicking the right mouse button

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