Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: event on leaving page

2013-01-10 Thread sreekala . a
I tried this code before window close.But again i get a pop up like This page is asking you to confirm that you want to leave - data you have entered may not be saved.Two pop-ups are not needed. window.onbeforeunload = function() { var r=confirm(Are you sure you want to navigate away?); if

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: event on leaving page

2011-03-11 Thread Richard Quadling
On 11 March 2011 01:17, joe t. thooke...@gmail.com wrote: One note on TJ's post, hopefully helpful: You cannot CANCEL the unload event. If i understand them correctly, load and unload are the only native events that can't be canceled from scripts. You can perform other actions, but unload

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: event on leaving page

2011-03-11 Thread Bertilo Wennergren
T.J. Crowder t...@crowdersoftware.com wrote: Yes, you can run functions using the window unload event. Example: http://jsbin.com/apuke4 Open that link in a tab, click Open Window, then close the tab you opened the link in -- the subordinate window closes as well. What you can do in those

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: event on leaving page

2011-03-11 Thread Walter Lee Davis
On Mar 11, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Bertilo Wennergren wrote: Here's a limitation with beforeunload (in case someone hasn't heard): More of less the only thing you can do with beforeunload, is to ask the user if he or she really wants to leave the page. A dialog will appear, and the user can choose

[Proto-Scripty] Re: event on leaving page

2011-03-11 Thread joe t.
Here's a sample from code that i wrote and seems to work ok (at least, last i tested it, i no longer work there), adapted for generics: http://pastie.org/1661648 So here's what i learned, now that my curiosity got roused... The beforeunload event will automatically generate the prompt. If you

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: event on leaving page

2011-03-11 Thread Walter Lee Davis
On Mar 11, 2011, at 7:50 PM, joe t. wrote: Here's a sample from code that i wrote and seems to work ok (at least, last i tested it, i no longer work there), adapted for generics: http://pastie.org/1661648 So here's what i learned, now that my curiosity got roused... The beforeunload event

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: event on leaving page

2011-03-10 Thread Walter Lee Davis
On Mar 10, 2011, at 2:25 AM, T.J. Crowder wrote: What you can do in those functions is severely limited by modern browsers (for all the good reasons you can think of). You can't open new windows, do alerts/confirms Thanks. This is the part I was remembering -- someone wanted an Are You

[Proto-Scripty] Re: event on leaving page

2011-03-10 Thread joe t.
One note on TJ's post, hopefully helpful: You cannot CANCEL the unload event. If i understand them correctly, load and unload are the only native events that can't be canceled from scripts. You can perform other actions, but unload means the browser has been committed to unloading that page,