Detect Answer to window.close prompt 1

[techie99]

How do I detect the selection the user made to the prompt "The web page you are viewing is trying to close the window". How can I detect whether they chose 'yes' or 'no'. I need an event to happen if they choose 'no'.

 

[simonchristieis]

if (prompt("The web page you are viewing is trying to close the window&quot){
....

}else{
....

}

 

[theboyhope]

IIRC, you can't close the window without the user's say-so unless you opened it in the first place.

This is just as well cause it would be a real pain if any site could just kill your browser when you didn't want them to.

You can maybe get around it by changing the settings, or setting yourself as a trusted site.

 

[simonchristieis]

wow - i actually read the whole post.

theboyhope is right - about this and your other post, I think you need to rethink your solution, it seems to me you a getting too clever and aren't too sure of the limitations of the browser.

 

[adam0101]

He wasn't asking how to close the browser without prompting the user, he was asking how to detect if they chose "No" from the prompt. Here's the solution:

<script>
function closeWindow(){
window.close()
setTimeout(&quot;stillOpen()&quot;,50)
}
function stillOpen(){
alert('This get executed if they choose No');
}
</script>

Adam
while(ignorance==true){perpetuate(violence,fear,hatred);life--};

 

[theboyhope]

Hey, that's a good point, mate. Well done.

 

[theboyhope]

Just checked this in Mozilla, and it seems that Mozilla makes the &quot;No&quot; choice for you. &quot;Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script&quot; is the error given.

Just FYI.