How to deactivate "right click" on WPF Webbrowser Control?

c# wpf webbrowser-control

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Solution 1

Here is the code of a utility class that allows you to deactivate WPF's WebBrowser context menu. It also allows you to suppress script errors (WPF WebBrowser control - how to supress script errors?) and change IE's DOCHOSTUIFLAG.

Usage sample:

public partial class Player : Window
{
    private WebBrowserHostUIHandler _wbHandler;

    public Player()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        ...
        _wbHandler = new WebBrowserHostUIHandler(MyWebBrower);
        _wbHandler.IsWebBrowserContextMenuEnabled = false;
    }
}

Utility code:

public class WebBrowserHostUIHandler : Native.IDocHostUIHandler
{
    private const uint E_NOTIMPL = 0x80004001;
    private const uint S_OK = 0;
    private const uint S_FALSE = 1;

    public WebBrowserHostUIHandler(WebBrowser browser)
    {
        if (browser == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException("browser");

        Browser = browser;
        browser.LoadCompleted += OnLoadCompleted;
        browser.Navigated += OnNavigated;
        IsWebBrowserContextMenuEnabled = true;
        Flags |= HostUIFlags.ENABLE_REDIRECT_NOTIFICATION;
    }

    public WebBrowser Browser { get; private set; }
    public HostUIFlags Flags { get; set; }
    public bool IsWebBrowserContextMenuEnabled { get; set; }
    public bool ScriptErrorsSuppressed { get; set; }

    private void OnNavigated(object sender, NavigationEventArgs e)
    {
        SetSilent(Browser, ScriptErrorsSuppressed);
    }

    private void OnLoadCompleted(object sender, NavigationEventArgs e)
    {
        Native.ICustomDoc doc = Browser.Document as Native.ICustomDoc;
        if (doc != null)
        {
            doc.SetUIHandler(this);
        }
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.ShowContextMenu(int dwID, Native.POINT pt, object pcmdtReserved, object pdispReserved)
    {
        return IsWebBrowserContextMenuEnabled ? S_FALSE : S_OK;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.GetHostInfo(ref Native.DOCHOSTUIINFO info)
    {
        info.dwFlags = (int)Flags;
        info.dwDoubleClick = 0;
        return S_OK;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.ShowUI(int dwID, object activeObject, object commandTarget, object frame, object doc)
    {
        return E_NOTIMPL;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.HideUI()
    {
        return E_NOTIMPL;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.UpdateUI()
    {
        return E_NOTIMPL;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.EnableModeless(bool fEnable)
    {
        return E_NOTIMPL;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.OnDocWindowActivate(bool fActivate)
    {
        return E_NOTIMPL;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.OnFrameWindowActivate(bool fActivate)
    {
        return E_NOTIMPL;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.ResizeBorder(Native.COMRECT rect, object doc, bool fFrameWindow)
    {
        return E_NOTIMPL;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.TranslateAccelerator(ref System.Windows.Forms.Message msg, ref Guid group, int nCmdID)
    {
        return S_FALSE;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.GetOptionKeyPath(string[] pbstrKey, int dw)
    {
        return E_NOTIMPL;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.GetDropTarget(object pDropTarget, out object ppDropTarget)
    {
        ppDropTarget = null;
        return E_NOTIMPL;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.GetExternal(out object ppDispatch)
    {
        ppDispatch = Browser.ObjectForScripting;
        return S_OK;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.TranslateUrl(int dwTranslate, string strURLIn, out string pstrURLOut)
    {
        pstrURLOut = null;
        return E_NOTIMPL;
    }

    uint Native.IDocHostUIHandler.FilterDataObject(IDataObject pDO, out IDataObject ppDORet)
    {
        ppDORet = null;
        return E_NOTIMPL;
    }

    public static void SetSilent(WebBrowser browser, bool silent)
    {
        Native.IOleServiceProvider sp = browser.Document as Native.IOleServiceProvider;
        if (sp != null)
        {
            Guid IID_IWebBrowserApp = new Guid("0002DF05-0000-0000-C000-000000000046");
            Guid IID_IWebBrowser2 = new Guid("D30C1661-CDAF-11d0-8A3E-00C04FC9E26E");

            object webBrowser;
            sp.QueryService(ref IID_IWebBrowserApp, ref IID_IWebBrowser2, out webBrowser);
            if (webBrowser != null)
            {
                webBrowser.GetType().InvokeMember("Silent", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.PutDispProperty, null, webBrowser, new object[] { silent });
            }
        }
    }
}

internal static class Native
{
    [ComImport, Guid("BD3F23C0-D43E-11CF-893B-00AA00BDCE1A"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
    internal interface IDocHostUIHandler
    {
        [PreserveSig]
        uint ShowContextMenu(int dwID, POINT pt, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] object pcmdtReserved, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] object pdispReserved);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint GetHostInfo(ref DOCHOSTUIINFO info);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint ShowUI(int dwID, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] object activeObject, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] object commandTarget, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] object frame, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] object doc);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint HideUI();

        [PreserveSig]
        uint UpdateUI();

        [PreserveSig]
        uint EnableModeless(bool fEnable);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint OnDocWindowActivate(bool fActivate);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint OnFrameWindowActivate(bool fActivate);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint ResizeBorder(COMRECT rect, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] object doc, bool fFrameWindow);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint TranslateAccelerator(ref System.Windows.Forms.Message msg, ref Guid group, int nCmdID);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint GetOptionKeyPath([Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] string[] pbstrKey, int dw);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint GetDropTarget([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] object pDropTarget, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] out object ppDropTarget);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint GetExternal([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.IDispatch)] out object ppDispatch);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint TranslateUrl(int dwTranslate, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string strURLIn, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] out string pstrURLOut);

        [PreserveSig]
        uint FilterDataObject(IDataObject pDO, out IDataObject ppDORet);
    }

    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    internal struct DOCHOSTUIINFO
    {
        public int cbSize;
        public int dwFlags;
        public int dwDoubleClick;
        public IntPtr dwReserved1;
        public IntPtr dwReserved2;
    }

    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    internal struct COMRECT
    {
        public int left;
        public int top;
        public int right;
        public int bottom;
    }

    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    internal class POINT
    {
        public int x;
        public int y;
    }

    [ComImport, Guid("3050F3F0-98B5-11CF-BB82-00AA00BDCE0B"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
    internal interface ICustomDoc
    {
        [PreserveSig]
        int SetUIHandler(IDocHostUIHandler pUIHandler);
    }

    [ComImport, Guid("6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
    internal interface IOleServiceProvider
    {
        [PreserveSig]
        uint QueryService([In] ref Guid guidService, [In] ref Guid riid, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.IDispatch)] out object ppvObject);
    }
}

[Flags]
public enum HostUIFlags
{
    DIALOG = 0x00000001,
    DISABLE_HELP_MENU = 0x00000002,
    NO3DBORDER = 0x00000004,
    SCROLL_NO = 0x00000008,
    DISABLE_SCRIPT_INACTIVE = 0x00000010,
    OPENNEWWIN = 0x00000020,
    DISABLE_OFFSCREEN = 0x00000040,
    FLAT_SCROLLBAR = 0x00000080,
    DIV_BLOCKDEFAULT = 0x00000100,
    ACTIVATE_CLIENTHIT_ONLY = 0x00000200,
    OVERRIDEBEHAVIORFACTORY = 0x00000400,
    CODEPAGELINKEDFONTS = 0x00000800,
    URL_ENCODING_DISABLE_UTF8 = 0x00001000,
    URL_ENCODING_ENABLE_UTF8 = 0x00002000,
    ENABLE_FORMS_AUTOCOMPLETE = 0x00004000,
    ENABLE_INPLACE_NAVIGATION = 0x00010000,
    IME_ENABLE_RECONVERSION = 0x00020000,
    THEME = 0x00040000,
    NOTHEME = 0x00080000,
    NOPICS = 0x00100000,
    NO3DOUTERBORDER = 0x00200000,
    DISABLE_EDIT_NS_FIXUP = 0x00400000,
    LOCAL_MACHINE_ACCESS_CHECK = 0x00800000,
    DISABLE_UNTRUSTEDPROTOCOL = 0x01000000,
    HOST_NAVIGATES = 0x02000000,
    ENABLE_REDIRECT_NOTIFICATION = 0x04000000,
    USE_WINDOWLESS_SELECTCONTROL = 0x08000000,
    USE_WINDOWED_SELECTCONTROL = 0x10000000,
    ENABLE_ACTIVEX_INACTIVATE_MODE = 0x20000000,
    DPI_AWARE = 0x40000000
}

Solution 2

Reference mshtml

using mshtml;

Then you can do this by accessing the document:

MainBrowser.Navigate("https://www.domain.com");

 MainBrowser.LoadCompleted += (o, args) =>
 {
    var doc = (HTMLDocumentEvents2_Event) MainBrowser.Document;
    doc.oncontextmenu += obj => false;
 };

Solution 3

From the internal WebBrowserSite class:

int UnsafeNativeMethods.IDocHostUIHandler.ShowContextMenu(int dwID, NativeMethods.POINT pt, object pcmdtReserved, object pdispReserved)
{
    // Returning S_FALSE will allow the native control to do default processing,
    // i.e., execute the shortcut key. Returning S_OK will cancel the context menu

    return NativeMethods.S_FALSE;
}

Hard-baked, you cannot override this. Putting the Winforms WebBrower inside a WindowsFormsHost would be a workaround, it's got a smarter implementation of this method that uses the IsWebBrowserContextMenuEnabled property and allows you to create your own context menu.

Solution 4

This is an old question, but I had a unique problem in that I wanted/needed to use the newer CSProj file format with the .Net Core SDK but it has a known issue with not being able to reference extension libraries, such as mshtml. So I finally found a solution that's possible without a reference to mshtml.

Some inspiration came from https://stackoverflow.com/a/28464764/2646868 where the user cast the WebBrowser.Document property to dynamic.

Assuming webView is the name of your WebBrowser control, hook up the LoadCompleted event like such:

private void webView_LoadCompleted(object sender, NavigationEventArgs e)
{
    dynamic document = webView.Document;
    document.oncontextmenu += new Func<bool>(() => false);
}

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Tony

Updated on June 05, 2022

Comments

Tony almost 2 years

I can't seem to find an answer to this. Does anyone know?

Thanks
Aster Veigas about 8 years

This works for me on Windows 10 (WPF web browser). Should be marked as the answer.
Kodaloid over 6 years

Works perfectly :)
Tomaz Stih about 6 years

Unfortunately, once you select some text, the context menu is back.
Alexandru Dicu almost 3 years

Is this supposed to work for System.Windows.Controls.WebBrowser ? On my side is giving: Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.RuntimeBinderException 'System.__ComObject' does not contain a definition for 'oncontextmenu'. Any thoughts? Thank you.
Adam Venezia almost 3 years

It's been so long since I've looked at this, but yes I believe it's System.Windows.Controls.WebBrowser. Did you cast the WebBrowser or the Document property to dynamic?
brenth almost 3 years

Weird. It works for only one right-click, the 2nd right-click the popup is back!