return false

[Surrendermonkey]

I have oncontextmenu="return false;" and oncontextmenu="javascript:return false;" as attributes (it's a <TH> tag, incidentally, but I don't suppose it matters), and the resultant behaviour is satisfactory. However, when I have oncontextmenu="javascriptoThing();" along with
function doThing(){
return false;
}
I still get the context menu popping up.
Why is this, and how can I prevent it?

thanks,

S. Monkey (Mr)

[Zvona]

The problem
(CORRECT) :
<elem onevent="return false;" />

(INCORRECT [where fooBar() returns false]) :
<elem onevent="fooBar();" />


How browser parses
(CORRECT example [look above]):
<elem onevent="return false;" />

(INCORRECT example [look above]):
<elem onevent="false;" />


The solution
(INCORRECT example fixed to CORRECT):
<elem onevent="return fooBar();" />


Brief : you have to return the return value of the function to the object (element/tag in HTML).

[anupam kant]

try this

oncontextmenu="javascriptoThing();return false;"

on right click first call is to your function and the return false is for window's own context menu.

hope it works.. :-)

[Surrendermonkey]

Thankyou, Zvona.

Good point, well made, works for me. My script is no longer Fubar'd.

Cheers muchly,

Surrendermonkey.