Retrict copy from a text field

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Hi,
I have a form in which i have two text boxes one for entering email and the other for verify email (to make sure the user entered the correct email id we are asking to enter the same email id twice),I need to restrict copy feature in both the fields (that is the user should not be able to copy text data from the email and confirm email text boxes) , are there any properties for text box using which i can do this or should i try using java script,I tried using some key press functions but it din work , can you suggest me some method in which this can be achieved

Albin Jose

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I am using the following methods , they work for IE but not for mozilla,

1.<body ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false">

2.
function preventCopyPaste() {
var key = String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode).toLowerCase();
if ((event.ctrlKey && (key == "c" || key == "v")) ||
(event.shiftKey && event.keyCode==45)) {
event.returnValue = false;
}
}
function preventRightClick(){
var rightClick=false;
if(event.which) rightClick=(event.which==3);
if(event.button) rightClick=(event.button==2);
if(rightClick) alert("Right click restricted");
}

But this doesn work for mozilla, any other option,

Thanks ,
Albin.

Brent Sterling

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I cannot give you much help. Your solution seems very Windows centric, but maybe that is okay. I mostly wanted to point out that you would also have to check for Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Insert combinations as well. My vote is that this is not a very user friendly interface.

- Brent

Eric Pascarello

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It does not work in Mozilla because you are not detecting keypress events correctly. Just type in JavaScript keycode into Google and you should find examples on correct detection.

Eric

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try this for a while may be it should work

function preventPaste(theTextArea){
theTextArea.onpaste = function (){
return false;
}
}

Albin Jose

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Thanks all of you

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