Javascript events

[dougyitbos]

Hi folks...

I need to show a div when a visitor attempts to leave my page.

I've tried using "onMouseout" on a div.
I've also tried onbeforeunload, and onbeforeunload

These events are not behaving as I expected.
The div shows when a user leaves the page - but also when the page loads.
That's no good.

Also - in the case of "onMouseout" it fires when I try to take the mouse over to the scroll bar and scroll down. Also not good.

I Need something that only shows when the user is leaving - not arriving, or scrolling.

What event should I be using?

Keep in mind I don't want to STOP them... just show a div to warn them about leaving in a current state.

I want to avoid the window.open as showing a div isn't a "pop up" and thus not likely to be blocked.

Thanks!
Doug

[phper]

Try onunload()

[budster]

Hi Doug.
You have limited options when it comes to a user leaving the page. A div has no properties that will stop the window/page from closing.
A onbeforeunload can show a dialog alert box, which is not a popup window either.
See: http://projectwownow.blogspot.com/2008/09/confirm-browser-window-close-with.html if this could be useful to you.
Hope it helps