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by varenc 1886 days ago
I don't think right click is disabled? It's just that a bunch of the "links" aren't semantic <a> tags so you can't open them in a new window. (they're just <div> tags with onclick handlers)

I think this happens often in single-page-apps just because developer don't care or don't think about this use case. It's frustratingly common.

For example, Apple's online store does it too: https://www.apple.com/shop/accessories/all/cases-protection No way to right click the various items and open a bunch of tabs.

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not using semantic HTML for links is a bigger sin than hijacking the right-click IMO. Maybe even worse than scroll-jacking
Works if you click the name of the case. I'm on Mac Safari FWIW.

Doesn't work on the image because they want that to click through the carousel. I think they are wrong (a regular clic can do that, plus they have navigation arrows).

But at least you can shop in the normal fashion, if you click on the text