Detect if the ctrl button was pressed

Question

I want to prevent users from printing a page I thought I would set the screen to not include the toolbars, and prevent right clicks, and prevent Ctrl+ P, and the Print Screen button. Can this be done?

Is there any good code out there for this? I have searched quite a bit so far, but not much luck. I know this isn't foolproof, but it will prevent some users from copying or printing.

Answer 1

You can't do this...you can't disable the user's ability to print, nor should you try.

Ctrl+P is the way a programmer prints, File > Print (depending on browser) is the way the typical user does...so this wouldn't even disable the most common method. In addition, any decent programmer can get around this anyway, so it effectively doesn't stop anyone.

Any data you get to a user, displayed or not, they can see, copy, print, etc...there's nothing you can do to prevent this, definitely not 100%. If this is one of your requirements...you should be asking if a website is the best way to deliver this data.