GlobalEventHandlers.oncontextmenu
An event handler property for right-click events on the window. Unless the default behavior is prevented (see examples below on how to do this), the browser context menu will activate (though IE8 has a bug with this and will not activate the context menu if a contextmenu event handler is defined). Note that this event will occur with any non-disabled right-click event and does not depend on an element possessing the "contextmenu" attribute.
Syntax
JavaScript
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window.oncontextmenu = funcRef; //funcRef refers to the function to be called
Example
These examples will disable right click on the page:
JavaScript
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document.oncontextmenu = function () { // Use document as opposed to window for IE8 compatibility return false; }; window.addEventListener('contextmenu', function (e) { // Not compatible with IE < 9 e.preventDefault(); }, false);
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
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WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'oncontextmenu' in that specification. |
Living Standard |
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/globaleventhandlers/oncontextmenu