RE: FLASH: right click detection

[Eric Dunham]

To Kenneth and anyone else out there interested in right-click detection:


<rant>

Let me start this by saying, yes you can do this. What I can't stand is when

people only reply with a "Yes you can", and then do not offer a single bit

of advice on how to accomplish the task. Do the people that post these kind

of messages really think that that helps anyone? All it does is eat up

bandwidth and waste time, IMNSHO.

</rant>

<solution>

here is a simple script that you can use...

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<!--

function RightClickCatcher(click){

  if (document.layers && click.which == 3) {

    alert('You right-clicked!');

    return false;

  }

  if (document.all && event.button == 2) {

    alert('You right-clicked!');

    return false;

  }

}

document.onmousedown = RightClickCatcher;

//-->

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*NB: This script uses object detection versus browser detection, because

it's better that way :)

Further notes on the script: The 'alert()' statement may be replaced with

any other statement that you wish to execute, or you may take it out

altogether. The 'return false;' statement is there to prevent the normal

action that would occur as a result of the event. In other words, it stops

the right-click event from working. If you don't understand what I mean, try

putting the following text into an html document:

<a href="#" onclick="return false;">foo</a>

When you click on the link, it doesn't do anything, and that is because the

'return false;' statement prevents the normal action that would be carried

out by the object/event. Anyway, you may take that out as well if you wish

the normal action to be executed. Finally, the 'document.onmousedown' is the

event handler that calls the RightClickCatcher function. So basically when

there is a mousedown anywhere in the document, the function is called. You

may change this however you wish.

</solution>


Hope that helps,

Eric Dunham




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