Questions tagged [javascript]
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How do websites block selecting text and how do I unblock that?
There's a website (example) that somehow blocks selecting text. Also it blocks Ctrl+A to select everything, there is also no “Copy” in the popup menu.
What I have tried:
Some sites use JavaScript to ...
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Removing annoying click-handling logic from websites
There are a lot of websites out there that block your ability to right click or select text. I believe it's done as a sort of half-assed security measure to prevent people from copying text or images. ...
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How do I set Google Chrome to not allow javascript to hijack my right click menu
I despise web sites that hijack my right mouse button via javascript. Other browsers ( like firefox) allow me to block sites from doing this. Does chrome have such an option, or does it leave me at ...
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Why can't old PCs view modern sites? [closed]
The reason for this question is that many times clients, friends and parents ask me why their perfectly working old PC cannot be used online anymore.
I am looking for a good answer to those people ...
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How do I prevent pages I visit from overriding selected Firefox shortcut keys?
In Firefox, how can I prevent pages from overriding Firefox built-in keyboard shortcuts through Javascript on a per-key basis? Preferably on a per-site basis, too? The most frustrating override is the ...
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Use AdBlock without being detected
Upon visiting a site today I was rewarded with Comic Sans.
Behold it's glory:
Source
Needless to say I can finally understand why so many people loathe this font.
However, this does bring up a ...
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Command line browser with js support
Does anybody know good command line browser with js support?
Ideally I need following ability:
some-browser http://example.com > ~/page.html
It means that cli browser download html, execute js ...
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How do I prevent "Read more: www.site.com" from being injected with non-Tynt JavaScript into copy-paste actions?
There are many sites that insert something like "Read more: www.site.com" into your clipboard when you copy text in your browser. I find this abominable. A Google earch reveals some ...
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How Can I Stop Scripts on a Page in Firefox?
How can I stop scripts on a page in Firefox? I don't care if the solution is draconian. Super-tech-savvy solutions are also fine.
Clarification: I don't want to turn off scripts permanently. I want ...
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What is JavaScript Obfuscation and why is it a threat?
AVG was recently telling me that a webpage was blocked because of JavaScript Obfuscation.
Why was the webpage blocked and what exactly does that mean?
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Change a favicon locally in google chrome
This is a frustrating question, mostly because all searches for this usually give me information on how to change a favicon for a website the user owns. Allow me to elaborate on my issue.
I would ...
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Force Google Chrome to check for new JavaScript files every time I access a web site
So, if I go to Internet options in Internet Explorer:
I can adjust the settings for when IE checks for updates:
Can I do something similar in Google Chrome? Right now when I change my JavaScript ...
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Is there any *good* HTML-mode for emacs?
I love emacs,
and I want to do my web-programming work in it,
but I can't find a way to get it to edit HTML properly.
I mean it's seriously awful.
It will do HTML fine, but not PHP, javascript, etc....
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How can I disable javascript popups/alerts in Chrome?
Sorry if it's been asked. I've already found several solutions that aren't working. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
I don't want to disable all javascript, only Javascript alert boxes. The ones that ...
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