Restrict user by saving webpage

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Hi.
I want to restrict user by saving web page(by pressing Ctrl + S) I have used below javascript code for same.

JavaScript

$(window).bind('keydown', 'ctrl+s', function () {
      $('#save').click(); return false;
  });

This functionality works fine for ie browser but it has some issue in Mozilla & chrome , On Mozilla & chrome web browser , user can save web page(by Ctrl + S from keyboard) keeping mouse cursor on address bar. How can I restrict user by saving web page?

[Note : already added code to restrict user by saving webpage using menubar & contextmenu]

Posted 26-Dec-13 22:58pm

niravsahayata

Updated 27-Dec-13 0:08am

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TrushnaK · Answer 1 · 2013-12-26T23:37:00

i dont know about restricting user to save page from address bar.
your code works perfectly for webpage.

i have found little bug.
what if user right click on your page and click on save as..
for that use :-

<body oncontextmenu="return(false);">

as per my knowledge:-
you can't prevent your site from being downloaded, because that is what every user's browser is doing to display it.
The other option is to try and make it more difficult or annoying for them to download it, by using JavaScript to change the behavior of the mouse buttons.

in I.E. you can download your page using menu->file->save as..

Gitanjali Singh · Answer 2 · 2013-12-26T23:05:00

Solution 1

Refer:-http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16161521/how-to-restrict-file-from-downloading-by-end-user[^]

C#

function checkButton(){
    if(event.button != 1){
        document.oncontextmenu=new Function ("return false") ;
        //if NS6
        if (window.sidebar){
            document.oncontextmenu=disableselect
        }
    }
}

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Posted 26-Dec-13 23:05pm

Gitanjali Singh

Updated 26-Dec-13 23:18pm

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King Fisher 27-Dec-13 5:12am

is this related to the Question

niravsahayata 27-Dec-13 5:36am

As I have mention in question , user should not allow to save web page(by Ctrl + S from keyboard) keeping mouse cursor on address bar , your answer doesn't satisfy this , its still not work for firefox & chrome also I have already handled context-menu stuff just want solution for keyboard event.

Gitanjali Singh 27-Dec-13 5:48am

Got your point,working on the same, will update soon.