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JavaScript

Posted by abdullah alhashmi
abdullah alhashmi
1,222 Points

Is there a way to disable ctrl +U to block people from viewing source code??

Is there a way to disable ctrl +U to block people from viewing source code??

2 Answers

Jayden Spring
Jayden Spring
8,625 Points
Jayden Spring
Jayden Spring
8,625 Points

No, you cant prevent client side key mappings as this is done by the application itself. All you can do is a redirect so the source which will be shown is that of another page.

To be honest, hiding source is quite pointless. If you really want to hide it there are plenty of HTML and JavaScript obsfucators out there.

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points
Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

And even obfuscators really do nothing because there are plenty of HTML/CSS/JS beautifiers on the web that can easily de-obfuscate code and make it readable again.