How to temporarily stop web pages intercepting a right-click?

Question

Some websites like Google Drive intercept right-clicks and provide their own context menu. This is usually what I want, but sometimes I still want to do a normal, native browser right-click.

Is there any modifier key or something like that to make it so a right-click doesn't trigger a click event on the web page, so it can't show it's context menu?

I want to do this per-click, not by changing a setting somewhere.

If there are different techniques depending on browser/OS, please list them.

Answer 1

There seem to be two “Allow Right Click” extensions. The one that Bryan mentioned (with a dash) is bad; it has too many ads on by default.

A better extension is Allow RightClick (note the lack of a dash) by Ergün Adatepe. It seems much better—no ads. It is 2 years old (2010), but seems to work just fine.

Answer 2

There is no built-in way to prevent pages from intercepting the right click. There is currently an issue (issue 30153) requesting that there be a way to manage Javascript permissions, but it has been open since December 11, 2009, and they still haven't implemented it. Sigh.

This means that the only way to re-enable the context menu is to use an extension. Fortunately, there is an extension that does such a thing. Allow Right-Click appears to be what you want; from the description, Allow Right-Click...

Re-enable the possibility to use the context menu on sites that overrides it.

This extension re-enables the context menu.

Indeed, many sites prohibit the right-click on images, pretending to protect their content. I think it is illegitimate.

This extension is ad supported though. Fortunately, it appears that you can disable it in the settings.

Answer 3

Depending on how the right-click handler is disabled, it may be simple or difficult:

• You may be able to simply right-click again while the custom context-menu is still open (e.g., on Flickr photos)
• You may need to hold down the Shift key (e.g., in Google Drive)
• You may even have to resort to using JavaScript to actually edit the page and strip the handlers (this would not be a per-click modification)

Answer 4

On a Mac, hold down the Command key while you right-click. For me, this overrides the hijacked right-click of many WYSIWYG web editors allowing you to access the OS's built-in spell check.