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Disabling the default context menu

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LHOFFC
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Hi. I am programming in javascript. How do I disable the default context menu that appear when I right click the browser window? Regards Lars.

Hi. I am programming in javascript. How do I disable the default context menu that appear when I right click the browser window? Regards Lars.

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cor-el
cor-el
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That is controlled via the dom.event.contextmenu.enabled pref. Keep in mind that you can only do this for yourself.

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.