30th July 2001
Gnomie Eric Fickes writes: "As a web developer, I find myself collecting miscellaneous tidbits of code here and there. A lot of the nicer sites that contain complex JS/DHTML code try to keep people from viewing the source by canceling the right-click menu (aka: Context Menu), or by displaying their pages in a popup window without toolbars, thus hiding the URL." I have also faced this situation, and really wanted to see how someone coded something -- or I wanted to find out what the actual URL was for a page instead of having to drill down through a complicated system of frames. As you're likely aware, if you hit CTRL + N, you'll get a new browser window containing the contents of the active window. The bonus is that you also get the address bar and the menus, which now permits you to View | Source and take a gander at the code (or clip the URL from the address bar). If you're still stuck in a frames environment, click File | Properties to view the URL." In some cases, you may be able to use your Context Menu key (which may already be sitting next to your oft-used WinKey).