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've created a controller in Magento which check whether or not there are products in a list. If there are products in list it will return true otherwise false.
Here is the front-end which triggers the ajax call, bare in mind I can not change this to be a form. It has to be a link.
Compare Products
Here is the ajax call.
jQuery(".compare-product-link").on("click", function(e) {
jQuery.ajax({
async : false,
dataType : "json",
url : "/compareextra/compare/allowed",
success : function(data) {
//console.log(data);
if(data.isAllowed != true) {
e.preventDefault();
}
}
});
});
The problem I have is that the async is deprecated and is not good for user experience, saying that there are many answer out there which add a delay of 3 seconds, I also don't want that because thats not good for user experience.
I've also tried using a promise call but it only works with async : false.
jQuery(".compare-product-link").on("click", function(e) {
var response = false;
jQuery.ajax({
dataType : "json",
url : "/compareextra/compare/allowed",
success : function(data) {
console.log(data);
if(data.isAllowed) {
response = true;
}
}
}).done(function (){
console.log(response);
if(response != true) {
e.preventDefault();
}
});
});
EDIT
Another problem I also have is if I store the link into a variable and then open a new window as so window.location = href; most browser will block it and users will have to manually accept pop ups from the target site, which again is not good for user experience.
you cannot really achieve this using preventDefault like you said - because of async.
what I would try is:
preventDefault
store href as a variable
call ajax
redirect to href variable if true and not if false
jQuery(".compare-product-link").on("click", function(e) {
var href = $(this).attr('href');
e.preventDefault();
jQuery.ajax({
async : false,
dataType : "json",
url : "/compareextra/compare/allowed",
success : function(data) {
//console.log(data);
if(data.isAllowed == true) {
window.location = href;
}
}
});
});
if you need to create a link action you can use this code:
function triggerClick(url){
$('body').append('<span id="click_me_js"></span>');
$('span#click_me_js a')[0].click();
$('span#click_me_js').remove();
}
which will mimic a regular click on <a>
I have a series of buttons that execute different functions when clicked. The function checks whether the user is logged in, and if so proceeds, if not it displays an overlay with ability to log in/create account.
What I want to do is re-execute the button click after log-in, without the user having to reclick it.
I have it working at the moment, but I'm pretty sure that what I'm doing isn't best practice, so looking for advice on how I can improve...
Here's what I'm doing: setting a global variable "pending_request" that stores the function to be re-run and in the success part of the log-in ajax request calling "eval(pending_request)"
Example of one of the buttons:
jQuery('#maybe_button').click(function() {
pending_request = "jQuery('#maybe_button').click()"
var loggedin = get_login_status();
if (loggedin == true) {
rec_status("maybe");
}
});
.
success: function(data) {
if(data === "User not found"){
alert("Email or Password incorrect, please try again");
}else{
document.getElementById('loginscreen').style.display = 'none';
document.getElementById('locationover').style.display = 'none';
eval(pending_request);
pending_request = "";
}
}
Register a function to handle the click and then invoke that func directly without eval().
jQuery('#maybe_button').on('click', myFunction)
This executes myFunction when the button is clicked. Now you can "re-run" the function code every time you need it with myFunction().
And btw since you are using jQuery you can do $('#loginscreen').hide() where $ is an alias for jQuery that's auto defined.
EDIT
Please, take a look at the following code:
var pressedButton = null;
$('button1').on('click', function() {
if (!isLoggedIn()) {
pressedButton = $(this);
return;
}
// ...
});
And, in your success handler:
success: function() {
// ...
if (pressedButton) pressedButton.trigger('click');
// ...
}
I am using Magnific Popup version 0.8.9.
I am loading content into it via Ajax, and I use a callback for ajaxContentAdded. This callback sets up an event handler for submitting a form that was loaded into the popup, like so:
$('.add-item-btn').magnificPopup({
type: 'ajax',
closeOnContentClick: false,
callbacks: {
ajaxContentAdded: HandleItemFormSubmit
}
});
This works fine, the form submit is handled correctly. The event handler function posts it to the server, which (in case of errors) returns the entire form including error messages.
For this purpose I let it replace the popup's content with the returned form, and setup the submit handler again.
function HandleItemFormSubmit()
{
var popup = this;
// Submit form using ajax
$('form.item-form').submit(function()
{
var data = $(this).serialize();
var url = $(this).attr('action');
$.post(url, data, function(resp)
{
if (resp == 'OK')
{
// All good, close up
popup.close();
}
else
{
// Show HTML from response (with errors)
popup.closeOnContentClick = false;
popup.content.replaceWith(resp);
popup.updateItemHTML();
HandleItemFormSubmit();
}
});
return false;
});
}
However, despite setting closeOnContentClick to false at two different points, the popup immediately closes when content is clicked after the content was replaced (it does work the first time).
The content in the popup has a single root element by the way.
I hope the author or someone else can help out here, I have no idea what is wrong here.
Thank you very much!
I've found another solution:
$('html').on('submit', '#UR_FORM', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
data: $(this).serialize(),
type: $(this).attr('method'),
url: $(this).attr('action'),
success: function(response) {
var magnificPopup = $.magnificPopup.instance;
magnificPopup.items[0].type = "inline";
magnificPopup.items[0].src = response;
magnificPopup.updateItemHTML();
}
});
});
You need to call the HandleItemFormSubmit for the popup object:
HandleItemFormSubmit.call(popup);
Otherwise when you call it the way you do, HandleItemFormSubmit();, the this will be set to window and this will not work as expected.
Update
Use this in the else clause:
if (resp == 'OK')
{
popup.close();
}
else
{
// Show HTML from response (with errors)
popup.closeOnContentClick = false;
popup.content.replaceWith(resp);
popup.updateItemHTML();
HandleItemFormSubmit.call(popup);
}
My site is working much quicker thanks to some code I painstakingly modified, but I would love if the browsers' back/forwards buttons worked. Right now, with my code below, the browser address bar never changes. When someone clicks 'Back', it takes them out of the application.
Would there by any easy way of changing this so the browser's back/forward button worked? Or else if someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks for any help.
$(document).on("ready", function () {
//I want to load content into the '.page-content' class, with ajax
var ajax_loaded = (function (response) {
$(".page-content")
.html($(response).filter(".page-content"));
$(".page-content .ajax").on("click", ajax_load);
});
//the function below is called by links that are described
//with the class 'ajax', or are in the div 'menu'
var history = [];
var ajax_load = (function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
history.push(this);
var url = $(this).attr("href");
var method = $(this).attr("data-method");
$.ajax({
url: url,
type: method,
success: ajax_loaded
});
});
//monitor for clicks from menu div, or with
//the ajax class
//why the trigger?
$("#menu a").on("click", ajax_load);
$(".ajax").on("click", ajax_load);
$("#menu a.main").trigger("click");
});
Here is a way of detecting what you are asking.
Bear in my playing with the back and forward buttons is a risky task.
window.onload = function () {
if (typeof history.pushState === "function") {
history.pushState("someState", null, null);
window.onpopstate = function () {
history.pushState("newState", null, null);
// Handle the back (or forward) buttons here
// Will not handle refresh, use onbeforeunload for this.
};
}
}
You could use the jquery address plugin (http://www.asual.com/jquery/address/).
It has an event that detects when the user presses the back/forward button.
$.address.externalChange(function() { console.log('back/forward pressed'); });
As far as I know there is no way of differentiating between back and forward.
You should definitely check History.js
Here's some sample code:-
(function(window,undefined){
// Prepare
var History = window.History; // Note: We are using a capital H instead of a lower h
if ( !History.enabled ) {
// History.js is disabled for this browser.
// This is because we can optionally choose to support HTML4 browsers or not.
return false;
}
// Bind to StateChange Event
History.Adapter.bind(window,'statechange',function(){ // Note: We are using statechange instead of popstate
var State = History.getState(); // Note: We are using History.getState() instead of event.state
//History.log(State.data, State.title, State.url);
var goto_url = State.url;
$.ajax({
url: goto_url,
dataType: "script"
});
});
})(window);