I want to capture the browser window/tab close event. I have tried the following with jQuery:
jQuery(window).bind(
"beforeunload",
function() {
return confirm("Do you really want to close?")
}
)
But it works on form submission as well, which is not what I want. I want an event that triggers only when the user closes the window.
My Issue: The 'onbeforeunload' event would only be triggered if there were odd number of submits(clicks). I had a combination of solutions from similar threads in SO to have my solution work. well my code will speak.
<!--The definition of event and initializing the trigger flag--->
$(document).ready(function() {
updatefgallowPrompt(true);
window.onbeforeunload = WarnUser;
}
function WarnUser() {
var allowPrompt = getfgallowPrompt();
if(allowPrompt) {
saveIndexedDataAlert();
return null;
} else {
updatefgallowPrompt(true);
event.stopPropagation
}
}
<!--The method responsible for deciding weather the unload event is triggered from submit or not--->
function saveIndexedDataAlert() {
var allowPrompt = getfgallowPrompt();
var lenIndexedDocs = parseInt($('#sortable3 > li').size()) + parseInt($('#sortable3 > ul').size());
if(allowPrompt && $.trim(lenIndexedDocs) > 0) {
event.returnValue = "Your message";
} else {
event.returnValue = " ";
updatefgallowPrompt(true);
}
}
<!---Function responsible to reset the trigger flag---->
$(document).click(function(event) {
$('a').live('click', function() { updatefgallowPrompt(false); });
});
<!--getter and setter for the flag---->
function updatefgallowPrompt (allowPrompt){ //exit msg dfds
$('body').data('allowPrompt', allowPrompt);
}
function getfgallowPrompt(){
return $('body').data('allowPrompt');
}