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Is there any way to stop window closing with onunload?

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Sep 15.2003

Hi,
I am looking to do a “Are you sure you want to leave the page” message as part of a web-based applciation using onUnload and confirm().
I cannot figure out how to make it such that when the user clicks ‘Cancel’ they does not leave the page.

Any ideas on how to do this?

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@JonaSep 15.2003 — [font=monospace]

<body onunload="if(confirm('Are you sure you want to exit?')){return true;}else{return false;}">

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[b][J]ona[/b]
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@AdamGundrySep 15.2003 — Jona, your code does not work on IE 6 or Mozilla 1.4. AFAIK, there is no reliable way you can do this, as it is a browser security issue. You may be able to put a window.open() call in the onunload handler to reopen the window.

Adam
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@JonaSep 15.2003 — [i]Originally posted by AdamGundry [/i]

[B]Jona, your code does not work on IE 6 or Mozilla 1.4. AFAIK, there is no reliable way you can do this, as it is a browser security issue. You may be able to put a window.open() call in the onunload handler to reopen the window.[/B][/QUOTE]

[font=arial][color=maroon]I don't know why I even "answered" the question... I don't particularly enjoy dealing with this sort of thing... I'll remember not to respond to these kinds of posts anymore. :p[/color][/font]

[b][J]ona[/b]
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@AdamGundrySep 15.2003 — If we can get [url=http://www.webdevfaqs.com/]WebDevFaqs[/url] up and running, we should just be able to answer simple questions by posting links. ?

Adam
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@JonaSep 15.2003 — [i]Originally posted by AdamGundry [/i]

[B]If we can get [url=http://www.webdevfaqs.com/]WebDevFaqs[/url] up and running, we should just be able to answer simple questions by posting links. ?[/B][/QUOTE]

[font=arial][color=magenta][b][size=4]w00t![/size][/b][/color][color=maroon] lol... [/color][/font]

[b][J]ona[/b]
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@blacibFeb 01.2004 — [i]Originally posted by AdamGundry [/i]

[B]You may be able to put a window.open() call in the onunload handler to reopen the window.



Adam [/B][/QUOTE]

The opening of a new window does it work also with GoogleBar?
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@JonaFeb 01.2004 — [i]Originally posted by blacib [/i]

[B]The opening of a new window does it work also with GoogleBar? [/B][/QUOTE]

[font=arial]Not if the GoogleBar is a good popup blocker...[/font]

[b][J]ona[/b]
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