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[Lord Northern]

Hi.
I have a little gallery that shows up little thumbnails and some people copy these thumbnails without going to the actual photo but by simply right clicking on the photo, and saving it.

So, I was wondering if I can track it down? Like, for a left mouse click I could do onmouseclick with the photo ID and run an ajax script to report a click
So, is there an equivalent to this trigger that would only be triggered when there's a right click on a certain photo?
Using the right click menu is not a solution because it is triggered regardless of location or what item it was clicked on, so I was wondering if there was a way for me to track it down?

Thanks.

[justin3ds]

well tracking down the "copy" option from the drop down menu is impossible, but you can disable right clicking (but they can always use view -> source), or track it, although it will be inaccurate. for an example, i right click on images all the time to open them up in tabs (although you could have a script on the page it goes to to register if they did or did not open it up in a tab, although that gets complicated)

but yes, you could have a trigger only for a certain photo, just register the onmouseclick with the thumbnail, not the document. here are some helpful links:
Registering the Right Click
Ajax Solution
Ajax Solution

[larwilliams]

All you would be doing is annoying people who may wish to view the image in a new window. Anyone who wants to copy the image would not be stopped by such a simplistic measure.

[Lord Northern]

I'm not trying to stop them. I just want to know where they right clicked

[foobic]

Have you tried using onclick? (where does "onmouseclick" come from anyway?)

[Lord Northern]

well, is there an onmouse something click to detect right clicks?

[foobic]

onclick is the event handler. It fires on both left and right clicks.