Re: FLASH: right click detection

[John Croteau]

Hi Eric,



> <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>


Let me start by saying though you can capture a right click in an HTML document

with the script Eric supplied (or a similar one) and it does work for Windows

versions of IE 4+ and Netscape 4+, but it does not work (or at least I can't get

it to work) when you right click in Flash because Flash takes precedence (over

the script) and you get the regular Flash menu.


So the following is a solution for HTML but not for Flash:

Correct me if I'm wrong (it certainly won't be the first time),

but I tried this a long time ago with no success.

If there is something I'm missing, PLEASE clue us in :-).

Maybe IMNSHO should be IMHO :-)


I hope all my fellow Flashers had a merry Christmas (whatever your religious

inclination might be) and are looking forward, like I am to a happy and

(hopefully) prosperous New Year.



> <solution>

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

> ----------------------------------------------------

> <!--

> 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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