Preserved Topic: Disable "View Source" in IE5+

Ok, i just went to http://www.fbi.gov to check on some auctions. Well anyway, i don't remeber why, but i wanted to look at the source code. But it was grayed out in the right click and the view menu.

Is it just my computer or is it a setting in IE or maybe is has something to do with .gov site (don't think so)

Tom "EvilEgg"

[edited by mr.maX]I've fixed the url.[/edit]

[This message has been edited by mr.maX (edited 07-08-2001).]

View Source works fine for me on that web site...

The 'view source' will be greyed out it the HTML file hasn't finished loading yet.

everybody needs a swamp bear

I've noticed 'View source' grays out when my work pages (done in FrontPage and hosted on Microsoft IIS/NT boxes) become 'stale': a condition that requires a recaculate function on the server.

Doesn't seem to happen on Linux and doesn't seem to be something I can trigger.

regards,
--plankity

This one caught my eye as I have had a similar question in the past, but never bothered to ask about it. Mine is not a case of view source being disabled, but rather a case of it just not doing anything when selected. If you want to take a look at a site that is pulling this off go to http://www.microsoft.com and click on Search in the upper right hand corner. When you get to the next page try to view source either from the menu or from the right click context menu. I am using IE 6, but had someone confirm for me that they had the same situation with IE 5.5+. When I look at the page in Netscape 4.76 I am directed to a different page on which I can see the source, but as I said, it is a different page.

Any thoughts on what I am missing here?

Thanks....

Boy, that's interesting (the MS thing). I've been wondering lately how Netscape does there Smart Download advertising page. If you download Navigator using Smart Download, they pop that silly advertising window. If you notice, the CLOSE button in the upper right is disabled until after the download is finished.

A bozo button to someone who posts a working version of that script. A curiosity thing, really.

I wonder, if we open that MS page in netscape, if we can get to the source...

In Netscape you can view the source, but you are also directed to a different page so you are not viewing the source of the same page. This is the bit of logic that is sending you off to another page.

<script type="text/javascript">
var MSIEIndex = navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE");
var isnotIE = false;
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") != -1 &&
navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Windows") != -1 &&
navigator.userAgent.substring((MSIEIndex + 5),(MSIEIndex + 6)) > 3) {
// non case, we are at the right version
} else {
var sRedirQS = "";
if (sRedirQS.length > 0) {
window.location.replace("/us/Default.asp?" + sRedirQS);
} else {
window.location.replace("/us/Default.asp");
}
isnotIE = true;
}
</script>

You can, of course, still get the source to the page either from cache or by using the ever so useful "view-source:http://search.microsoft.com/us/SearchMS25.asp" query string. I was just curious if anyone new how they were disabling standard view source.