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How can I disable the right mouse button on my HTML pages? (to discourage copying of images)

Last updated: 06/24/2009

First, this is not a recommended thing to do. It can prevent users from interacting with your site, and frustrate them. However, if you must, here's a few quick lines that will handle the deed for most browsers:

In your head tag, add this line:

<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">

In your body tag, add this:

<body oncontextmenu="return false">

That's it. One note, if you want to protect your images, use watermarking!

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