If I get it right onbeforeunload was invented for exactly this purpose, 
to allow the user to confirm navigating away from the page. Give it a shot.

T.

On 02/08/2012 02:47 PM, John Spackman wrote:
> Oops, yes I meant beforeunload.
>
> On 08/02/2012 12:52, "thron7"<[email protected]>  wrote:
>
>>
>> On 02/08/2012 01:41 PM, John Spackman wrote:
>>> Just a thought but can you catch and cancel the onbeforeload event?  I
>>> had
>>> a user the other day that kept accidentally going "back" when using my
>>> mouse and loosing all of her work.
>> Why would you want to cancel the onbeforeload event? And what has this
>> to do with the "back" button? Or do you mean the onbeforeunload event?
>>
>> T.
>>
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