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.
The beforeunload event fires whenever the user leaves your page for any reason.
For example, it will be fired if the user submits a form, clicks a link, closes the window (or tab), or goes to a new page using the address bar, search box, or a bookmark.
You could exclude form submissions and hyperlinks (except from other frames) with the following code:
var inFormOrLink;
$('a').on('click', function() { inFormOrLink = true; });
$('form').on('submit', function() { inFormOrLink = true; });
$(window).on("beforeunload", function() {
return inFormOrLink ? "Do you really want to close?" : null;
})
For jQuery versions older than 1.7, try this:
var inFormOrLink;
$('a').live('click', function() { inFormOrLink = true; });
$('form').bind('submit', function() { inFormOrLink = true; });
$(window).bind("beforeunload", function() {
return inFormOrLink ? "Do you really want to close?" : null;
})
The live method doesn't work with the submit event, so if you add a new form, you'll need to bind the handler to it as well.
Note that if a different event handler cancels the submit or navigation, you will lose the confirmation prompt if the window is actually closed later. You could fix that by recording the time in the submit and click events, and checking if the beforeunload happens more than a couple of seconds later.
Maybe just unbind the beforeunload event handler within the form's submit event handler:
jQuery('form').submit(function() {
jQuery(window).unbind("beforeunload");
...
});
For a cross-browser solution (tested in Chrome 21, IE9, FF15), consider using the following code, which is a slightly tweaked version of Slaks' code:
var inFormOrLink;
$('a').live('click', function() { inFormOrLink = true; });
$('form').bind('submit', function() { inFormOrLink = true; });
$(window).bind('beforeunload', function(eventObject) {
var returnValue = undefined;
if (! inFormOrLink) {
returnValue = "Do you really want to close?";
}
eventObject.returnValue = returnValue;
return returnValue;
});
Note that since Firefox 4, the message "Do you really want to close?" is not displayed. FF just displays a generic message. See note in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/window.onbeforeunload
window.onbeforeunload = function () {
return "Do you really want to close?";
};
My answer is aimed at providing simple benchmarks.
HOW TO
See #SLaks answer.
$(window).on("beforeunload", function() {
return inFormOrLink ? "Do you really want to close?" : null;
})
How long does the browser take to finally shut your page down?
Whenever an user closes the page (x button or CTRL + W), the browser executes the given beforeunload code, but not indefinitely. The only exception is the confirmation box (return 'Do you really want to close?) which will wait until for the user's response.
Chrome: 2 seconds.
Firefox: ∞ (or double click, or force on close)
Edge: ∞ (or double click)
Explorer 11: 0 seconds.
Safari: TODO
What we used to test this out:
A Node.js Express server with requests log
The following short HTML file
What it does is to send as many requests as it can before the browser shut downs its page (synchronously).
<html>
<body>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
function request() {
return $.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "http://localhost:3030/" + Date.now(),
async: true
}).responseText;
}
window.onbeforeunload = () => {
while (true) {
request();
}
return null;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Chrome output:
GET /1480451321041 404 0.389 ms - 32
GET /1480451321052 404 0.219 ms - 32
...
GET /hello/1480451322998 404 0.328 ms - 32
1957ms ≈ 2 seconds // we assume it's 2 seconds since requests can take few milliseconds to be sent.
For a solution that worked well with third party controls like Telerik (ex.: RadComboBox) and DevExpress that use the Anchor tags for various reasons, consider using the following code, which is a slightly tweaked version of desm's code with a better selector for self targeting anchor tags:
var inFormOrLink;
$('a[href]:not([target]), a[href][target=_self]').live('click', function() { inFormOrLink = true; });
$('form').bind('submit', function() { inFormOrLink = true; });
$(window).bind('beforeunload', function(eventObject) {
var returnValue = undefined;
if (! inFormOrLink) {
returnValue = "Do you really want to close?";
}
eventObject.returnValue = returnValue;
return returnValue;
});
I used Slaks answer but that wasn't working as is, since the onbeforeunload returnValue is parsed as a string and then displayed in the confirmations box of the browser. So the value true was displayed, like "true".
Just using return worked.
Here is my code
var preventUnloadPrompt;
var messageBeforeUnload = "my message here - Are you sure you want to leave this page?";
//var redirectAfterPrompt = "http://www.google.co.in";
$('a').live('click', function() { preventUnloadPrompt = true; });
$('form').live('submit', function() { preventUnloadPrompt = true; });
$(window).bind("beforeunload", function(e) {
var rval;
if(preventUnloadPrompt) {
return;
} else {
//location.replace(redirectAfterPrompt);
return messageBeforeUnload;
}
return rval;
})
Perhaps you could handle OnSubmit and set a flag that you later check in your OnBeforeUnload handler.
Unfortunately, whether it is a reload, new page redirect, or browser close the event will be triggered. An alternative is catch the id triggering the event and if it is form dont trigger any function and if it is not the id of the form then do what you want to do when the page closes. I am not sure if that is also possible directly and is tedious.
You can do some small things before the customer closes the tab. javascript detect browser close tab/close browser but if your list of actions are big and the tab closes before it is finished you are helpless. You can try it but with my experience donot depend on it.
window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function (e) {
var confirmationMessage = "\o/";
/* Do you small action code here */
(e || window.event).returnValue = confirmationMessage; //Gecko + IE
return confirmationMessage; //Webkit, Safari, Chrome
});
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Reference/Events/beforeunload?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=DOM/Mozilla_event_reference/beforeunload
jQuery(window).bind("beforeunload", function (e) {
var activeElementTagName = e.target.activeElement.tagName;
if (activeElementTagName != "A" && activeElementTagName != "INPUT") {
return "Do you really want to close?";
}
})
If your form submission takes them to another page (as I assume it does, hence the triggering of beforeunload), you could try to change your form submission to an ajax call. This way, they won't leave your page when they submit the form and you can use your beforeunload binding code as you wish.
As of jQuery 1.7, the .live() method is deprecated. Use .on() to attach event handlers. Users of older versions of jQuery should use .delegate() in preference to .live()
$(window).bind("beforeunload", function() {
return true || confirm("Do you really want to close?");
});
on complete or link
$(window).unbind();
Try this also
window.onbeforeunload = function ()
{
if (pasteEditorChange) {
var btn = confirm('Do You Want to Save the Changess?');
if(btn === true ){
SavetoEdit();//your function call
}
else{
windowClose();//your function call
}
} else {
windowClose();//your function call
}
};
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 $('body').data('allowPrompt');
}
Just verify...
function wopen_close(){
var w = window.open($url, '_blank', 'width=600, height=400, scrollbars=no, status=no, resizable=no, screenx=0, screeny=0');
w.onunload = function(){
if (window.closed) {
alert("window closed");
}else{
alert("just refreshed");
}
}
}
var validNavigation = false;
jQuery(document).ready(function () {
wireUpEvents();
});
function endSession() {
// Browser or broswer tab is closed
// Do sth here ...
alert("bye");
}
function wireUpEvents() {
/*
* For a list of events that triggers onbeforeunload on IE
* check http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536907(VS.85).aspx
*/
window.onbeforeunload = function () {
debugger
if (!validNavigation) {
endSession();
}
}
// Attach the event keypress to exclude the F5 refresh
$(document).bind('keypress', function (e) {
debugger
if (e.keyCode == 116) {
validNavigation = true;
}
});
// Attach the event click for all links in the page
$("a").bind("click", function () {
debugger
validNavigation = true;
});
// Attach the event submit for all forms in the page
$("form").bind("submit", function () {
debugger
validNavigation = true;
});
// Attach the event click for all inputs in the page
$("input[type=submit]").bind("click", function () {
debugger
validNavigation = true;
});
}`enter code here`
Following worked for me;
$(window).unload(function(event) {
if(event.clientY < 0) {
//do whatever you want when closing the window..
}
});
I have a form with several comboboxes within a window.
If I display the window and close it immediately (with a button close method), sometimes I have poor connection to the server and the request to load the data in comboboxes is interrupted.
Response is "Failed to load response data".
Sometimes, the same happens when a combobox is expanded and the store has not yet been loaded.
For these cases, in my Application.js file I have the following function which displays an error message.
Ext.util.Observable.observe(Ext.data.Connection, {
requestexception: function (connection, response, options) {
Ext.Ajax.abort(store.operation.request);
Ext.Msg.show({
title: 'Error!',
msg: 'Message...',
icon: Ext.Msg.ERROR,
buttons: Ext.Msg.OK
});
}
}
});
I'm trying to prevent the window from being closed until the requests were completed and the data was loaded into the comboboxs.
I do not want to use setTimeout().
Maybe use a mask in window and do the unmask when the request is completed ou disabled/enable de close button.
I appreciated suggestions for finding a solution to this.
EDITED:
Another possibility, probably simpler, is to iterate through all the combobox of the form and check if, in each combobox, the store.isLoading (): If yes, it displays a message to wait until the load is finished.
EDITED
If the form has only one combobox the following handler seems to solve the problem: it creates an initial mask and unmasks it after the store is loaded:
handler: function (btn) {
var win = Ext.widget('winSearch', {
animateTarget: this
}).showBy(this, 'bl');
win.getEl().mask('Loading...');
var store = Ext.getStore('storeCombo1Id');
if(store.isLoading()){
store.on('load', function() {
win.getEl().unmask();
});
}else{
win.getEl().unmask();
}
}
The problem is to iterate through several combobox: I tried the following code, without success (the stores are in a viewmodel):
handler: function (btn) {
var win = Ext.widget('winSearch', {
animateTarget: this
}).showBy(this, 'bl');
win.getEl().mask('Loading...');
// var store1 = Ext.getStore('storeCombo1Id');
// var store2 = Ext.getStore('storeCombo2Id');
// var store3 = Ext.getStore('storeCombo3Id');
// var allComboboxStores = [store1, store2, store3];
var allComboboxStores = ['storeCombo1Id', 'storeCombo2Id', 'storeCombo3Id'];
Ext.each(allComboboxStores, function(storeId) {
var store = Ext.getStore(storeId);
console.log(store); //console show 3 stores
if(store.isLoading()){
store.on('load', function() {
win.getEl().unmask();
});
}else{
win.getEl().unmask();
}
});
}
The problem with this solution is that if the store of one of the comboboxs is loaded it triggers the unmask method independently of other comboboxs still to be loaded.
How to wait until all stores are loaded?
EDITED
I have tried different types of iterations and loops and the following solution seems to work.
handler: function () {
var win = Ext.widget('mywindow', {
animateTarget: this
}).showBy(this, 'bl');
win.getEl().mask('Loading...');
var allComboboxStores = ['storeCombo1Id', 'storeCombo2Id', 'storeCombo3Id'];
var indexStores = 0;
Ext.each(allComboboxStores, function(storeId) {
var store = Ext.getStore(storeId);
if(store){
if(store.isLoading()){
indexStores++
store.on('load', function() {
indexStores--;
if (indexStores == 0){
win.getEl().unmask();
}
});
}
else if(!store.isLoading() && indexStores == 0){
win.getEl().unmask();
}
}
});
}
I appreciated suggestions to improve this solution or suggestions to do otherwise.
If jQuery is not a problem ... I suggest using Promises
Description: Return a Promise object to observe when all actions of a certain type bound to the collection, queued or not, have finished.
I have an variable
var IsAjaxing;
I set it to true everytime a ajax is fired on the page. And then set it to false when ajax is finished;
I am building a SafeAjaxing event so work would only be done when the page is not ajaxing:
// safe-ajaxing: Triggers when no ajax is running
$($fieldRenderPageDOM).on("safe-ajaxing", '.field-render', function(e, work) {
$.when({ IsAjaxing: false }).done(work);
});
This doesn't seem to wait, work is always called immediately.
It would be called like this:
$fieldDOM.trigger("safe-ajaxing", function () {
$fieldDOM.trigger("do-work");
$fieldDOM.trigger("do-some-more-work);
});
You should use promises for this purpose:
var IsAjaxing = function(){
var defer = $.Deferred().resolve();
return {
On: function(){
defer = $.Deferred();
},
Off: function(){
defer.resolve();
},
Promise: function() {
return defer.promise();
},
IsOn: function() {
return defer.state() == "pending";
},
IsOff: function() {
return defer.state() != "pending";
}
};
}();
And then your event will be:
// safe-ajaxing: Triggers when no ajax is running
$($fieldRenderPageDOM).on("safe-ajaxing", '.field-render', function(e, work) {
$.when(IsAjaxing.Promise()).done(work);
});
Each time when you start ajax request run:
IsAjaxing.On();
Each time when you finish ajax run:
IsAjaxing.Off();
To check the current state of IsAjaxing, call the IsOn and IsOff function.
This might not be the best way, but it works.
You really should optimize the code i've written, but this is to get you started.
var isAjaxing = false;
var check = function(){
if(isAjaxing){
// do something
alert();
// freeze the checking
// manual restart is required
clearInterval(interval);
}
}
var interval = setInterval(check, 10);
// to demonstrate the variable change
setInterval(function(){
isAjaxing = true;
}, 3000);
This scripts checks if the variable is changed every 10 miliseconds.
Note: The clearInterval() function is used to stop checking.
I am building a SafeAjaxing event so work would only be done when the page is not ajaxing.
Don't build this yourself. Just use the builtin ajax events of jQuery, namely
ajaxStart "This event is triggered if an Ajax request is started and no other Ajax requests are currently running."
ajaxStop "This global event is triggered if there are no more Ajax requests being processed."
I try to create an image depend on an input field. The image created on the server, I get it by an async call, and it have to be generated after every keyup in the input field. If the user hit another key while the previous call isn't finished, this call have to be stucked. After the first call is finished, this stacked have to be called. The point, if the user hit a tons of keys while the first call is not finished, only the last one have to be called once.
I created a fiddle for it, where I simulated the async call with a settimeout function. I can't figure out, why it isn't working.
var isRequestInProgress = false;
var nextRequest = null;
var submit = function(content) {
console.log('isRequestInProgress: ' + isRequestInProgress); // It should be true in the second turn
if (isRequestInProgress === true) {
nextRequest = content;
return false;
}
isRequestInProgress = true;
setTimeout(function() {
isRequestInProgress = true;
if (nextRequest !== null) {
submit(nextRequest);
}
nextRequest = null;
isRequestInProgress = false;
}, 2000);
};
$('button').click(function() {
isRequestInProgress = false;
submit($(this).text());
});
The isRequestInProgress should be true, if I press a button after another, in 2 mins. But it false, and I don't know, why...
if you know why, or you have a better solution to solve this problem, I would glad to hear it!
Thanks in advance!
If i get it right:
var isRequestInProgress = false,
timeout;
var submit = function(content) {
if (isRequestInProgress === true) {
clearTimeout(timeout);
}
isRequestInProgress = true;
timeout = setTimeout(function() {
console.log('content: ' + content);
isRequestInProgress = false;
}, 2000);
};
$('button').click(function() {
submit($(this).text());
});
Use .abort() method of XMLHttpRequest object to stop an AJAX request.
Assuming you're using setTimeout, clear the timer using clearTimeout before submitting
http://jsfiddle.net/27gmpjj2/1/
If you're using Ajax, use abort(), as suggested by seva.rubbo
http://jsfiddle.net/27gmpjj2/2/
If you want to submit an ajax request only on the last button-press, then you can use the setTimeout approach. This will delay the request until we're sure the user has stopped pressing buttons.
http://jsfiddle.net/27gmpjj2/5/
The HTML code: <input id="goTOxQuestion">
The js code:
$("#goTOxQuestion").keyup(function(){
// send a XHR
})
If the input is 12345,it will send the XHR five times.In fact, I only want the XHR be executed when I have completed the input. I mean,there is no input( no keydown event ）in 500 milliseconds, rather then it loses faocus.
My incomplete solution:
var isOver = false;
$("#goTOxQuestion").keyup(function(){
//...
setTimeout(function(){
if(isOver){
//send a XHR
}
},500);
})
$("#goTOxQuestion").keydown(function(){
isOver = false;
})
You can use a combination of setTimeout and clearTimeout like this:
var hTimeout;
$("#goTOxQuestion").keyup(function () {
if (hTimeout) {
clearTimeout(hTimeout);
}
hTimeout = setTimeout(function () {
// ajax code here
}, 500);
});
Demo here
Note that the order in which AJAX requests complete is not guaranteed and you will end up with "race conditions".
Regarding your comment, here is a solution from the top of my mind:
// initialize global counter
var xhrCount = 0;
// increment counter when you create an XHR
xhrCount++;
// pass the current value of this
// variable to the success function
// http://stackoverflow.com/q/1552941/87015
$.ajax("/url/", (function (myStamp) {
console.log("creating success callback #" + myStamp);
return function () {
if (myStamp === xhrCount) {
console.log("firing success handler");
} else {
console.log("suppressing success handler");
}
}
})(xhrCount));
Use setTimeout then:
$("#goTOxQuestion").keyup(function(){
setTimeout(function(){
// send a XHR
}, 1000);
})
The change event seems like a good fit for your needs :
$("#goTOxQuestion").change(function(){
// send a XHR
})
It will be triggered when the input looses focus and the input value was actually modified.
$(document).on('blur',"#goTOxQuestion",function(){
// send a XHR
});