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Disable middle mouse click

I need your help in one question that how to disable the middle mouse click on any link to open a new tab in IE 7,8,9. I have tried many thing like 

return false;
e.cancelBubble = true;e.returnValue = false;

But not able to stop that feature of IE to open New tab.But if i am putting alert message e

if (event.button == 4)
    {
alert("shashank");
}

I am able to stop to open new tab .But I don't want to use alert message.

Solution

  • You can try with following:

    $(document).mousedown(function(e){
    if(e.which === 2 ){
       alert("middle click");    
       return false; // Or e.preventDefault()
    }
});

    Demo