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How to avoid seeing page source using Firefox button > Web Developer > View Page Source

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I want to hide my page source from users. I have disabled Ctrl+A, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+U. I disabled right click also. Now i want to protect my page source from Firefox->Tools-> Web Developer->page source option. Is it possible?

I want to hide my page source from users. I have disabled Ctrl+A, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+U. I disabled right click also. Now i want to protect my page source from Firefox->Tools-> Web Developer->page source option. Is it possible?

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hello, no it won't be possible to "hide" the source code of a page, this kind of openness is just part of how the web works. users with technical knowledge will also have the possibility to work around your right-click and key-combination restrictions...

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Thanks for your answer.By using the source page they can download the image and contents. So there is no use of disabling right click and Ctrl+C.... etc. Is it any other way to hide my page source? Could you please help me?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Web_pages
vs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_web_page


This support forum is geared toward Firefox users, not web development support.

You might try posting at the Web Development / Standards Evangelism forum at MozillaZine.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=25
You'll need to register and login to be able to post in that forum.

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Note that you can easily see the page source by prefixing an URL with the view_source: protocol.

Note that you can save images via "Tools > Page Info > Media", even images that are 'hidden' via a transparent image on top of them.