Thread: Disable copying a picture from website

How do I disable the copying of a picture from website? I mean if someone wants to copy an image from my website, the function will be disable so that one cannot copy it. Can that be done?

not really, if someone wants it all they have to do is hit "print page"

This is technically impossible because of the way an Internet browser works:
Before an image can be displayed in the browser it is copied to the users harddisk/memory, so even if you disable the right click or whatever, the image is already in the browser's cache making it easy to copy it to any location you want. Internet Explorer even has a nice Image toolbar which popups when you move your mouse over an image, making it very easy to steal your images.

If all you want to do it disable the right mouse click, add this code to your page (using the insert HTML tool):

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function NoRig***lick(e)
{
if(navigator.appName=="Netscape")
{
if(e.which==3||e.which==2)
{
return false;
}
}
else
{
event.cancelBubble=true;
event.returnValue=false;
}
}

if(navigator.appName=="Netscape")
window.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN)
document.oncontextmenu=NoRig***lick;
window.onmousedown=NoRig***lick;

// --></script>

Well said Pablo, Can you do all the ladies in the forum a favour and upload your picture again.

hmmm not sure about that Sarah.......still think you the better looking one of the lot!

Great! Now Pablo, how do I do the inset on the page? :)

Originally Posted by allan

Great! Now Pablo, how do I do the inset on the page? :)

Use the Insert HTML tool.

HI... I've tried to follow the script for disabling right click properties but i still get the save icon coming up. how do i remove that as well?

You can't do that from your webpage, it's a feature of Internet Explorer.
Menubar: Tools|Internet Options|Advanced|MultiMedia|Enable Image Toolbar