Blogspot 101: Right-Click Disable
by Revka ~ April 8th, 2008. Filed under: Blogger Tutorials.*To view all of the posts in this series, either click on the following link, or type Blogger Tutorials into our search box located at the bottom of our sidebar.*
I’d like to thank Amy for asking me about this. As I told her, I had never had anyone request this feature, and I have acquired new knowledge because of her question. I must also thank Text*Snippets for providing this code.
If you wish to protect your images from theft, you will be interested in these instructions. This is not a fool-proof method; there is no such thing. However, disabling the right-click function will deter many would-be image thieves, and because this is not javascript, it will work even if your reader’s browser is not javascript enabled.
- Go to the Edit HTML tab.
- Find the
<body>tag. (Scroll down to the end of the CSS code but before the <div> code starts showing up. You should see </head> followed by<body>on the next line.) - Change
<body>to<body oncontextmenu="return false">. - Preview your changes. Right clicking should do nothing.
- Save your template.
It really is that easy!
Please let me know if you have any questions or comments regarding this tutorial. I’d be happy to help you in any way that I can.
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April 16th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Hi I tried this but I get this message all the time, I have no clue what is wrong. Hope you can help, Thanks.
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “oncontextmenu”.
April 16th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
I’ve already contacted Jade and helped her fix the problem, but if anyone else has had the same problem, try copying and pasting the code again. WordPress had changed the way the quotation marks were appearing, and I have since fixed the problem.
Please do not hesitate to let me know if you encounter a problem. I’m more than happy to help you.
Revka
April 17th, 2008 at 2:59 am
I keep trying the code and get this message:
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Element type “bodyoncontextmenu” must be followed by either attribute specifications, “>” or “/>”
April 17th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Thank you, Emilee, for letting me know about that. When I redid the code, I accidentally neglected to put a space between body and oncontext menu. I have since fixed the problem.
Thanks again for the heads up.
Revka
April 18th, 2008 at 9:49 am
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April 29th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Hi mate, it works in FF but I’d like to block it in Opera too, help me pls.
April 30th, 2008 at 8:44 am
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July 15th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Thanks so much for the code to disable right click in blogger….java script wasn’t working! Do you know how to disable source code view? That Java script for HTMl isn’t working either.
August 19th, 2008 at 5:56 am
hi… i done… but still can right click… how come???
nice blog u have…
August 29th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
WORKED!!! Thanks! Your blog helped me a lot with customising my first blog
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October 6th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Wow, finally a code that works!! Thank you so much for helping me disable right clicking on my blog.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Oops. I can still l e f t click on my pictures and download them (in Blogger)… any tips on how to disable that?
November 14th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Hi! I have the same question as Kia – how do you now disable the left click when they can view the full size image and download it that way?? I’m a photographer and have discovered that clients are downloaded my images even with my logo on them and putting them on myspace and stuff……I need to stop it!!
November 25th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
I know nothing about computers but with your clear instructions I was able to do this. I have a blogspot blog, and while this disbale the right click option they can still download if they click on the photo?
Would appreciate any help.
Many thanks
January 8th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I put it instead of the tag (it wouldn’t work otherwise) and it disable left and right clicks! It is no longer possible to click my photos and see them bigger in a new tab/window. Thank you so much!
January 8th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
instead of the *[body]
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January 8th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Oh. Scratch that. But it still disables the right click, which is great!
January 14th, 2009 at 10:30 am
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February 27th, 2009 at 12:10 am
THANKS! The code works GREAT
March 15th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Dear It Works but when we click on Image the Image open n anyone can save it easily. Can anyone have some tip to disable that also.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:38 am
oh my gosh, thank you!!!
it’s a great thing i found this article on google.
super super thanks!
-ma’
April 25th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
yey!!!!!!!!!! it worked!!! thank you thank you thank yoU!! ive tried several ways to on how to disable right click. this is the only thing that worked! so thank you again!
June 16th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Thanks to you and Jen from ODBT for this hot tip!
June 27th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Thank you so much. Great tip.
August 7th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
This is great, I wish there was a way of doing this on typepad!
August 20th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Yayyy! Thank you so much! This is the only coding that has worked for me.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Thank you so much…this was the only tutorial that actually worked! I really appreciate you putting it out here fore EVERYONE to use and see. Thank you SO much!
October 12th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Hi, I tried this and it doesn’t seem to be working!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 2:12 am
Hi, could u please help me? Send me a pm if you could please do it for me.. Thamx for the awsome tips:)
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:38 am
Thank YOU!! You save my life. Some website gave me the things i want but the URL are too long. Urs is the most simplest thing i ever seen! Thanks for the TIP!
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January 3rd, 2010 at 12:34 am
One quick question. I give out some codes on my website and I want people to be able to copy that. Does this code only disable the images or does it disable codes too?
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January 5th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
It worked! Thanks for the help!
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January 7th, 2010 at 1:42 am
thank you so much. this is awesome!!
January 18th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
I tried this and it works in the “preview” but when I got back to view blog…it still opens my picture with a right click. Am I missing a step?
January 29th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Where is the edit HTML tab?
Sorry if this makes me sound thick!