right click event on IE

Question

I am trying to run the following code on IE but not able to get the 'event.which' as '3' / event that alert itself is not coming, when I right click.

 $(document).bind('click', function(event) { 

 alert("event.which = "+event.which);

});

My Base requirement is to bind a click event as above and then if it is a anchor link on which i have clicked then I want to restrict a default options which we usually get on right click like 'Open in new window','BookMark this link' etc.

Thx

you mean you want to customize default context menu of browser according to your needs ??? — Devjosh, Feb 01 '12 at 11:29
if you want to change the context menu options of browser then must read this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/654568/overriding-the-right-click-context-menu-in-web-browsers-pros-and-cons — Devjosh, Feb 01 '12 at 11:43

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '12 at 11:21

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If you mean you want to disable right click then:


$(document).ready(function() {
     //disable the right mouse click menu
     $(document)[0].oncontextmenu = function() {return false;}
});

Did you mean something like that.

answered Feb 01 '12 at 11:21

Sudhir Bastakoti

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 01 '12 at 13:00

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Below code should work: (tested in IE 7)

$(document).mousedown(function () {
    if (event.button == 2 && event.srcElement.id == 'your element id') {
        alert('right click not allowed');
        return false;
    }
});

edited Feb 01 '12 at 13:00

Aliaksei Kliuchnikau

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answered Feb 01 '12 at 12:39

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Devjosh · Answer 3 · 2012-02-01T11:51:42.160

if you want to block context menu on anchor element then This will prevent the context menu from appearing on a particular element

$('a').observe("contextmenu", function(e){
    e.stop();
});

So, if you wish to stop all anchor tags from showing a context menu

$('a').each(function(anch){
    $(anch).observe("contextmenu", function(e){
        e.stop();
    });
})

i think you want something different then this but see if this is your need

right click event on IE

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