script/code to disable the right-click on those images?

**paulcj2** · Oct 12, 2006, 06:50

What code could I use in a image tag to script/code to disable the right-click on those images, but not disable images on the whole site.

**rbutler** · Oct 12, 2006, 07:01

Not going to be very effective since images are downloaded into local cache or if JS is disabled, but with that said:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/noright.htm

**Gamermk** · Oct 12, 2006, 07:17

Not to mention the usability guys would have a hay day with this one. Disabling right-click on images is bad practice and will only confuse your users rather than block others from stealing your images. (After all, Print Screen > paste in Photoshop is still going to take your image.)

**DaveWoods** · Oct 12, 2006, 07:29

Why people insist on disabling right click is a mystery to me. If you don't want people to take your images then don't publish them on the web. Right clicking and saving isn't the only way to save an image and if people want to take your images then they will and it's possible in more than one way.

I use right click in a page for reloading so find it irritating if right click has been disabled so I'd suggest spending more time creating an accessible, usable site than trying to annoy your users.

**Stormrider** · Oct 12, 2006, 07:53

Yeh, anti right click scripts are one of those things that just really annoy me. It doesn't do anything to protect the images / content, and just ends up annoying people.

My advice would be not to bother. Its a waste of time, makes the site less accessible, more annoying and less useable.

**Tailslide** · Oct 12, 2006, 08:01

It won't work so don't bother. If the image can be seen on a browser then it can be stolen. As people have said all it does is interfere with peoples' mouse functionality not protect your images.

Also - if you use Opera these scripts don't even disable right-click at all.

If you want to protect images for an artist or photographer for instance then your best bet is to either use watermarks (not infallible) or use a low quality version that people won't want to steal and give them a high quality version once they've paid for it.