Stop Middle Click Hijacking

Prevent sites from hijacking the middle mouse button for their own purposes

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Stop Middle Click Hijacking
// @description Prevent sites from hijacking the middle mouse button for their own purposes
// @icon        http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/entertainment/finger/icons/finger.gif
// @version     0.1
// @license     GNU General Public License v3
// @copyright   2014, Nickel
// @grant       none
// @include     *://www.youtube.com/*
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/users/10797
// ==/UserScript==

(function(){
	//Adapted from Chrome extension (written by [email protected])
	//TODO: would event.preventDefault() also work??

	document.addEventListener("click", function(e){ e.button===1 && e.stopPropagation(); }, true);
})();