Comments on: Suppress right-click menu on a web site

Question: Suppress right-click menu on a web site

maxwelton — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:50:40 -0800

Is there a way to disable the right-click menu on a particular web page I visit that isn't managed by me?

I play a solitaire game on a particular web site fairly often. It's not a Flash game, nor is it a Java applet, I suspect it's simply JavaScript.

The game allows you to use both left and right clicks, each performing different actions, but every time you right-click the normal browser right-click menu appears...very annoying in this context.

Is there a way for me to tell my browser I don't want the right-click menu to appear on this one particular page (or its domain, if that's easier)? I have greasemonkey installed, so a GM script would be ideal, but I haven't been able to locate one.

I'm on Windows, using FF. Thanks mucho for any ideas. (I could possibly write my own script if pointed in the right direction.)

By: Stunt

Stunt — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:51:16 -0800

An easy way for you to do it would be to make a toolbar bookmark with



javascript:void(document.oncontextmenu=new%20Function("return%20false"))

in it. When you click on it up in your toolbar right clicking should be disabled for the page.

Took me way longer to figure that out than it should have; I am apparently way too rusty with these things.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:19:19 -0800

For Greasemonkey

if(document.addEventListener)
document.addEventListener('contextmenu', function(e) { e.stopPropagation(); }, false);
else if(document.attachEvent)
document.attachEvent('oncontextmenu', function() { event.cancelBubble = true; });

Set up a new user script and apply it to the appropriate domain, then copy and paste the above in.

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:04:51 -0800

Thanks! I was able to get Sparx solution to work a treat, but I could not get Stunt's to work, which may be more me than their solution.