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It can! For a capture that lasts until the mouse button is released:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/set...

Or for a capture that works even if the mouse button is not pressed, and remains until the Esc key is pressed:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Pointer_Loc...

The first option would be the one to use for right button dragging.




The first one is Firefox only, the second one is everything-except-Safari.




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