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Right-Click Event Handling in HTML
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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> | |
<head> | |
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> | |
<title>Context Menu Handling Example</title> | |
<style type="text/css"> | |
p { font-family: sans-serif; } | |
div.text { | |
margin: 1em auto; | |
max-width: 40em; | |
padding: 0.5em 4ex; | |
} | |
#div1 { | |
background-color: #cccc00; | |
width: 50%; | |
height: 200px; | |
margin: 1em auto; | |
padding: 1em; | |
} | |
</style> | |
<script type="text/javascript"> | |
window.onload = function() { | |
var div1 = document.querySelector("#div1"); | |
div1.addEventListener('contextmenu', function(event) { | |
console.log(event); | |
event.preventDefault(); | |
alert('Got it.'); | |
return false; | |
}, false); | |
} | |
</script> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<div class="text"> | |
<p>This simple page demonstrates how to catch and handle right-click (context menu) clicks on | |
elements in HTML. In general this is not a good idea, as it prevents all of the goodness | |
normally found in the browser's right-click menu, but when you gotta do it, you gotta do it.</p> | |
</div> | |
<div id="div1"> | |
<p>Right-click is handled for this rectangle, and is normal everywhere else on the page.</p> | |
</div> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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