How do I use jQuery to get the mouse button I click?

$('div').bind('click', function(){
    alert('clicked');
});

This is triggered by the right mouse button and the left mouse button. What is the way to capture the right mouse button? I would be happy if the following existed:

$('div').bind('rightclick', function(){ 
    alert('right mouse button is pressed');
});

#1 building

$.event.special.rightclick = {
    bindType: "contextmenu",
    delegateType: "contextmenu"
};

$(document).on("rightclick", "div", function() {
    console.log("hello");
    return false;
});

http://jsfiddle.net/SRX3y/8/

#2 building

 
 
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
  $("#element").live('click', function(e) { if( (!$.browser.msie && e.button == 0) || ($.browser.msie && e.button == 1) ) { alert("Left Button"); } else if(e.button == 2){ alert("Right Button"); } });
 
 
 

 

 
 

Update the current state of things:

var $log = $("div.log"); $("div.target").on("mousedown", function() { $log.text("Which: " + event.which); if (event.which === 1) { $(this).removeClass("right middle").addClass("left"); } else if (event.which === 2) { $(this).removeClass("left right").addClass("middle"); } else if (event.which === 3) { $(this).removeClass("left middle").addClass("right"); } });

div.target { border: 1px solid blue; height: 100px; width: 100px; } div.target.left { background-color: #0faf3d; } div.target.right { background-color: #f093df; } div.target.middle { background-color: #00afd3; } div.log { text-align: left; color: #f00; }

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <div class="target"></div> <div class="log"></div>

#3 building

There are many very good answers, but I just want to make a major difference between event.button IE9 and IE < 9 when using event.button.

According to the old Microsoft event.button specification, this code is different from the code used by W3C. W3C only considers three cases:

1. Left click event.button === 1
2. Right click event.button === 3
3. Middle click event.button === 2

However, in the older Internet Explorer, Microsoft slightly pressed the button, there are eight situations:

1. No button clicked event.button === 0 or 000
2. Click the left button event.button === 1 or 001
3. Right click event.button === 2 or 010
4. Click the left and right buttons event.button === 3 or 011
5. Click the middle button event.button === 4 or 100
6. Click the middle and left keys event.button === 5 or 101
7. Middle and right click event.button === 6 or 110
8. Click all 3 buttons event.button === 7 or 111

Although this should work in theory, Internet Explorer has never supported pressing two or three buttons at the same time. I mention it because the W3C standard doesn't even support it in theory.

#4 building

$(document).ready(function () {
    var resizing = false;
    var frame = $("#frame");
    var origHeightFrame = frame.height();
    var origwidthFrame = frame.width();
    var origPosYGrip = $("#frame-grip").offset().top;
    var origPosXGrip = $("#frame-grip").offset().left;
    var gripHeight = $("#frame-grip").height();
    var gripWidth = $("#frame-grip").width();

    $("#frame-grip").mouseup(function (e) {
        resizing = false;
    });

    $("#frame-grip").mousedown(function (e) {
        resizing = true;
    });
    document.onmousemove = getMousepoints;
    var mousex = 0, mousey = 0, scrollTop = 0, scrollLeft = 0;
    function getMousepoints() {
        if (resizing) {
            var MouseBtnClick = event.which;
            if (MouseBtnClick == 1) {
                scrollTop = document.documentElement ? document.documentElement.scrollTop : document.body.scrollTop;
                scrollLeft = document.documentElement ? document.documentElement.scrollLeft : document.body.scrollLeft;
                mousex = event.clientX + scrollLeft;
                mousey = event.clientY + scrollTop;

                frame.height(mousey);
                frame.width(mousex);
            }
            else {
                resizing = false;
            }
        }
        return true;

    }


});

#5 building

You can easily tell which mouse button is checked for the properties of the event object that pressed which mouse event:

/*
  1 = Left   mouse button
  2 = Centre mouse button
  3 = Right  mouse button
*/

$([selector]).mousedown(function(e) {
    if (e.which === 3) {
        /* Right mouse button was clicked! */
    }
});