It is stopable. I have used it, but you HAVE to show a user dialog:
function closeIt()
{
return "Any string value here forces a dialog box to appear
before closing the window.";
}
window.onbeforeunload = closeIt;
2010/5/14 Aaron Newton <[email protected]>
> I'm pretty sure that that event is unstoppable. Otherwise you could prevent
> someone from ever leaving the page.
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Sitthykun LY <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> cool,
>>
>> Please help me to work with beforeunload event
>>
>> var testClass = new Class({
>> initialize: function() {
>> this.onLoad();
>> },
>>
>> onLoad: function() {
>> this.closeForm();
>> },
>>
>> closeForm: function() {
>> window.addEvent('beforeunload', function(event){
>> event.stop(); /// it does not work
>> this.showMsg();
>> }.bind(this));
>> },
>>
>> showMsg: function() {
>> .....
>> }
>>
>> });
>>
>>
>> //---------------------------------
>>
>> window.addEvent('beforeunload', function(event){
>> * event.stop(); /// it does not work*
>> this.showMsg();
>> }.bind(this));
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Sitthykun LY
>>
>
>
