[HN Gopher] Show HN: Enable right click and copy on websites tha...
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       Show HN: Enable right click and copy on websites that disabled it
        
       Author : chernikovalexey
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2024-09-28 16:57 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | akhileshwar09 wrote:
       | yea i knew this and i think we can also do the same thing in MAC
       | os .
        
       | garciansmith wrote:
       | How is this different than other extensions that enable right
       | clicking? There are certainly a few for Firefox (I use "Allow
       | Right-Click").
        
       | smitelli wrote:
       | [PSA] Firefox has this built in already: Hold Shift while right-
       | clicking. Been a while since I tested on a fresh profile, but I
       | don't believe this requires any preference tweaking or
       | about:config stuff.
        
         | fsckboy wrote:
         | that's a great thing to know! thanks.
         | 
         | I wish there was a setting for "right click works, hold shift
         | key for wanky behavior"
        
           | AgentOrange1234 wrote:
           | Caps lock? :)
        
         | squigz wrote:
         | This is still default behavior
        
         | danillonunes wrote:
         | There's a about:config setting called
         | dom.event.contextmenu.enabled defaulting to true, when you
         | change to false you don't need to hold shift, it will always
         | open the browser context menu (and in most cases still do the
         | page behavior of showing the web app context menu or whatever,
         | you can then press esc to close the browser's menu but it may
         | also close the page menu depending on how they implemented it).
         | 
         | Then there's a second option called
         | dom.event.contextmenu.shift_suppresses_event which defaults to
         | true and does what you said: Simple right click opens the page
         | menu and shift + right click don't send the page the event at
         | all and instead opens the browser's menu.
        
       | wildzzz wrote:
       | I remember disabling right click on a geocities site I built for
       | my friends to show off their hand-drawn comics. Another guy in
       | our 4th grade class was rehosting our comics on his geocities so
       | I disabled right click.
        
         | creer wrote:
         | How did that work out?
        
       | dimitri-vs wrote:
       | Wonder if this works on copy/download protected Google Docs. They
       | had some pretty interesting protections, but could still be
       | circumvented by looking at page source.
        
       | BigBalli wrote:
       | The vast majority of websites that disable it, they're actually
       | doing it to provide additional functionality which would be lost
       | otherwise. Seems like using a sledgehammer to snap a button.
        
         | eek2121 wrote:
         | I have no clue what websites you are visiting, but the ones I
         | have used typically either do it to disable/customize
         | copy/paste or use it to track your actions. They often make too
         | many assumptions about the browser in general.
        
           | Lerc wrote:
           | Left button draw, Right button erase
           | 
           | Left button rotate, Right button pan
           | 
           | Left button gun, Right button grenade.
        
       | willi59549879 wrote:
       | There are also blogs that don't allow zooming. Technical blogs
       | with visualisations are almost not readable on mobile
        
         | thih9 wrote:
         | Workaround: take a screenshot, zoom in.
        
         | IshKebab wrote:
         | You can force zooming to be allowed in the accessibility
         | settings, at least on Chrome mobile.
        
       | lightedman wrote:
       | How about we just stop allowing this and call it what it is -
       | disabling functionality of my system without my explicit
       | permission - and start charging these site operators with CFAA
       | violations.
        
         | SoftTalker wrote:
         | Or perhaps ADA violations. Breaking browser behavior could be
         | argued as an unreasonable obstruction for disabled users.
        
       | stevenicr wrote:
       | IF this can change the settings for tap/right click -> save video
       | files, people may actually use better file formats than gifs one
       | day.
        
       | gcanyon wrote:
       | I assume there's something similar for Safari on Mac, but I don't
       | know.
       | 
       | When I run into a site that doesn't want to let me select/copy
       | text, I screen shot the page -- in Photos on iOS, and in Preview
       | on MacOS, selecting text out of an image generally works great.
       | Just tap and hold a moment on iOS, or hover a moment on MacOS,
       | and then drag/click-drag to select.
        
       | xnx wrote:
       | Similar extension with 500,000+ users:
       | https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/enable-right-click-...
        
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