need help with close tab script

Discussion in 'JavaScript' started by DjZoC, Aug 13, 2010.

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  1. #1
    hello there, this is the script

    <html>

<script type="text/javascript">
 var bEdited=new Boolean();
 
 function UnLoadWindow() {
  if (!(bEdited)) {
   return
  }
  return 'You are sure want to exit from this website?'
 }
 
 window.onbeforeunload = UnLoadWindow;
</script>

<body>

<a href="?test=test">test</a>

</body>
</html>
    HTML:
    this script is working but the problem is when someone click "test" link on my website all time is show that message, how i can make this to show just if the user close website (tab/browser)

    thanks for the help
     
    DjZoC, Aug 13, 2010 IP
  2. camjohnson95

    camjohnson95 Active Member

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    There is a number of ways that this can be solved. The quickest and easiest to explain is just to add a timer to the document.body.onclick function, so if the page exits within 2 seconds of a mouseclick the message does not show. this is how:
    
<script type="text/javascript">
 var bEdited=new Boolean();
 bEdited = true; 
 
 function UnLoadWindow() {
 if (!(bEdited)) {
   return;
  }
  return 'Are you sure that you want to exit from this website?';
 }
 function docClick() {
    bEdited=false;
    setTimeout(function(){bEdited = true}, 2000);
 }
 document.body.onclick = docClick;
 window.onbeforeunload = UnLoadWindow;
</script>
    Code (markup):
    The docClick function assigns a value of false to the variable bEdited, so if the page exits the message does not show. It then sets a timer for the value to be set back to true in 2 seconds.
     
    camjohnson95, Aug 15, 2010 IP