Disable middle mouse click

Question

I need your help in one question that how to disable the middle mouse click on any link to open a new tab in IE 7,8,9. I have tried many thing like

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Answer 1

You can try with following:

$(document).mousedown(function(e){
    if(e.which === 2 ){
       alert("middle click");    
       return false; // Or e.preventDefault()
    }
});

Demo