I notice ebay has changed so you can't easily copy text or pics on their pages like you used to. Annoyance because can't just copy and paste item numbers to My snipes on AS. (And sometimes liked to keep pics of some items.) Is there a way to overcome or get past this disabling feature on ebay pages? Simple fix with alternative browser or browser setting? Thanks for any help.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: petronius,

I just checked and was able to copy auction numbers and photos OK. Do you have aprticulr auction in mind - could be that the seller has added in a bit of code to disable copying (it can be done!).

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whoah, you are right, it's with this one seller, all his items, e.g. 7020079553 , my comment was premature. Fascinating that copying, of even text, can be blocked so easily like this, tho surely there is some way around it if one seeks it out. Thanks for pointing out,

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
<!--

//Disable right mouse click Script
//By Maximus (maximus@nsimail.com) w/ mods by DynamicDrive
//For full source code, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com

var message="Function Disabled!";

///////////////////////////////////
function clickIE4(){
if (event.button==2){
alert(message);
return false;
}
}

function clickNS4(e){
if (document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){
if (e.which==2||e.which==3){
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
}

if (document.layers){
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
document.onmousedown=clickNS4;
}
else if (document.all&&!document.getElementById){
document.onmousedown=clickIE4;
}

document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false")

// --> 
</SCRIPT>

Most annoying and quite pointless as you can View | Source in IE to steal text or images!

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