onUnload: which link is clicked ?

[haroonqurehi]

Is it possible in onUnload event to catch which link is clicked that invokes new page(new URL request to browser, either through address bar or any link through web site or form post )

like if I am

http://www.abc.com/first.html

and second.html link is clicked, is it possible to catch this second.html link in onUnload event of first.html ?

Thanks

 

[theboyhope]

I was thinking something like the below but I'm not sure it'll work in most browsers. (Only tested in Mozilla.) What is it you want to do anyway?

<script>

window.onclick = function( e ) {

	if ( !e ) var e = window.event;
	if ( e.target ) targ = e.target;
	else if ( e.srcElement ) targ = e.srcElement;
	if ( targ.nodeType == 3 ) // defeat Safari bug
		targ = targ.parentNode;
}

window.onunload = function() {

	if ( targ.tagName == "A" )
		alert( "Link clicked to: " + targ.href );
}

</script>

<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.google.com">google.com</a>[/URL]

 

[haroonqurehi]

This is great, thnx a lot

This resolves half of the problem.

If I close the browser without doing anything and write alert(targ) in onUnload event, this doesn't work.

Actually I am trying to catch the event(target URL), if user goes to any other page OR if user closes the browser.