Tom Szabo said:Is there an event when that triggers when the window is closing.... I am
talking about when the user clicks on the cross on the right top corner of
the window!!!
The Onunload body element an example is given above:
<body OnunLoad="Javascript:window.alert('Thanks for visiting our site')">
RobB said:"Oscar Monteiro" <[email protected]> wrote in message site')">
No such thing as an 'Onunload body element' - onunload is an event
handler property (of window). The name of the event you're interested
in is unload, which invokes the [window.]onunload handler.
MSIE/FireFox 0.9+ also support window.onbeforeunload, which allows
more leeway in running script, including cancelling the close
entirely.
Most people who ask about this are interested in discriminating
between an actual attempt to close the window (or navigate to another
site) and a simple change of page within their own site. Since the two
event handlers are called by any of these - the unloading of the
current document is the trigger - all sorts of tortuous methods have
been configured to catch an actual close event, from popping up 'spy'
windows to observe the action, to flagging internal links to trap
their usage to...you name it. My experience with most of these has not
been encouraging. Here's a novel approach from glenngv of
codingforums.com:
<html>
<head>
<title>Detecting Closing of Window in IE</title>
<script language="javascript">
function doUnload()
{
if ((window.event.clientX < 0) && (window.event.clientY < 0))
{
alert("The window is closed...");
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onunload="doUnload()">
<h3>Detecting Closing of Window in IE</h3>
Do the 3 ways below and see the difference:<br>
1. Try to refresh the page.<br>
2. Try to type any URL in the address bar.<br>
3. Try to close this window by clicking X button of this window.
</body>
</html>
RobB said:"Oscar Monteiro" <[email protected]> wrote in message site')">
No such thing as an 'Onunload body element' - onunload is an event
handler property (of window). The name of the event you're interested
in is unload, which invokes the [window.]onunload handler.
MSIE/FireFox 0.9+ also support window.onbeforeunload, which allows
more leeway in running script, including cancelling the close
entirely.
Most people who ask about this are interested in discriminating
between an actual attempt to close the window (or navigate to another
site) and a simple change of page within their own site. Since the two
event handlers are called by any of these - the unloading of the
current document is the trigger - all sorts of tortuous methods have
been configured to catch an actual close event, from popping up 'spy'
windows to observe the action, to flagging internal links to trap
their usage to...you name it. My experience with most of these has not
been encouraging. Here's a novel approach from glenngv of
codingforums.com:
<html>
<head>
<title>Detecting Closing of Window in IE</title>
<script language="javascript">
function doUnload()
{
if ((window.event.clientX < 0) && (window.event.clientY < 0))
{
alert("The window is closed...");
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onunload="doUnload()">
<h3>Detecting Closing of Window in IE</h3>
Do the 3 ways below and see the difference:<br>
1. Try to refresh the page.<br>
2. Try to type any URL in the address bar.<br>
3. Try to close this window by clicking X button of this window.
</body>
</html>
Catches the mouseclick position. IE only, but easily modifiable. What
exactly did you need to do?
RobB said:function doUnload()
{
if ((window.event.clientX < 0) && (window.event.clientY < 0))
{
alert("The window is closed...");
}
}
Daniel Kirsch said:The alert would also be shown, if a user types in another address and
hits enter (or navigates with keys) while his mouse is above and left
from the browser window.
This might be corrected by adding the screenX and screenY values. If the
resulting value is still negative, the window might be closed. But I
don't know if this must be the case as I couldn't find a reference who
describes the possible values of clientX/clientY for a closed window.
function doUnload() {
var e = window.event;
if (e.clientX+screen.width < 0 && e.clientY+screen.height < 0) {
alert("The window is closed...");
}
}
Daniel
Daniel said:The alert would also be shown, if a user types in another address and
hits enter (or navigates with keys) while his mouse is above and left
from the browser window.
<body onload="window.open('javascript:window.close()','popupSurvey')"
onunload="window.open('survey.html','popupSurvey','left=-5000')">
setTimeout('moveTo(0,0)',5000);
Theo said:This comes from Tek-Tips:
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=924821
By adam0101:
In the onunload event of every page, open the survey at a position off
the screen. In the onload event of every page, close the survey. Then
put a timer in the survey window that repositions itself into view after
about 5 seconds. If another page from your site doesn't get loaded
within 5 seconds to close the survey, it'll display itself.
The tricky part is referencing the popup from the new page. This should
work:
CODE
<body onload="window.open('javascript:window.close()','popupSurvey')"
onunload="window.open('survey.html','popupSurvey','left=-5000')">
In the survey:
CODE
<script>
setTimeout('moveTo(0,0)',5000);
</script>
Adam
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