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by koch 1203 days ago
Does this website get its name from the insanity of disallowing copy/paste & context menus

jQuery('body').bind('cut copy paste', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); });

jQuery("body").on("contextmenu",function(e){ return false; });
4 comments
WithinReason 1203 days ago
Is it possible to block this behavior at the browser level? Other than an addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/re-enable-rig...
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svl 1203 days ago
In Firefox you can set dom.event.contextmenu.enabled and dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled to false in about:config which will natively prevent most of this type of annoyance.
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n8henrie 1203 days ago
Does this also disable the handy "click to copy to clipboard" buttons that a lot of sites feature?
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scarletphoenix 1203 days ago
I set both of these to false, and I was able to copy a command from a README file on GitHub still (after reopening tab)
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ductsurprise 1203 days ago
In Chrome(and the likes):

- open developer tools (CTRL-SHIFT-I, or F12)

- make sure you are on Elements tab

- click on '<body class=...' tag line

- then in the right hand panel switch to Event Listeners tab

- remove anything you like(contextmenu, cut, copy, paste in this case)

I'm sure there is a similar way in Firefox...

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Szpadel 1203 days ago
I think chrome have shift right click, or double right click to open browser context menu anyways. I currently do not have access to PC to double check
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andirk 1203 days ago
Wow that is really pathetic. There are easy ways around it but the implication is quite ironic: talking about chat bots taking all the credit for everything and then not letting anyone quote them.
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butz 1203 days ago
That'll surely stop those fancy GPTs from collecting our content.
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