DHTML Events

Fires when the user clicks the right mouse button in the client area.

While event handlers in the Document Object Model do not receive parameters directly, the handler can query the event object for data.

Event Object Properties

This example demonstrates use of the oncontextmenu event to cancel its default action, though the event is typically used to trigger a function that will show a custom menu instead.

Sample Code

<script for=document event=oncontextmenu>
event.returnValue=false;
</script>

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