To disable right-click on website or not

20 September 2012 Laatste update: 24 November 2021 This is how
To disable right-click on website or not

Many companies (or webmasters) want to protect their texts, images or source code. This makes sense because it costs a lot of time and money to have things created. Then you don't want them popping up on another Web site a week later. The most obvious way to protect content is to disable right-click access. This is not recommended by Laméco for the following reasons;

Not user-friendly

Rule No. 1 on the Internet: if your Web site is not user-friendly, you will lose out to the competition. The actions under the right mouse button are not just for copying content. Functions such as 'Add to favorites', 'Open in a new tab (or window)' are also hidden under them. You irritate your visitors by disabling these functions for them.

Is your visitor a thief?

Often after using the right mouse button you get a message like "It is forbidden to copy" . This assumes that the visitor using this button was a thief. Of course, that doesn't have to be the case at all. And what if the visitor wanted to steal the content? Then he will do it anyway. It is very easy to bypass this 'security'. For example, by using the key combination 'Ctrl+U' or through the browser menu.

Am I doing it right?

Clearly, disabling the right mouse button is a bad idea. It's best to just leave the right mouse button alive. If you do have something that no one should steal from you, put it behind a login or secure it with a password. The downside then is that the potential customer won't be able to see it either. You can ask yourself if this is convenient. If you put something on the Internet then a visitor to your website can also always get to the source code of the Internet page. There is nothing you can do about that. Will your competitor run off with your intellectual property anyway? Then contact us.

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