Javascript Tip: Catch Browser Closing Event

Occasionally there is a need to catch browser closing event. The most elegant way to catch browsing closing event in IE is the following short script:

< html> 
< head>
< title>< /title>
< /head>

< body onbeforeunload="alert('Closing');">
< /body> 
< /html> 

The solution above does work in IE 7 and in Firefox.

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It works in IE only, but not Firefox.

This does not work in IE7.

vitamin, vtyro: I've updated the script to use onbeforeunload - works both in IE 7 and Firefox.

This event is invoked even on body unload time.

So it does not catch the browser closing rather killing event in specific way.

onbeforeunload is really a mess an unpredictable way to deal with.

If i want to close parent window then it will work or not.
if there is any solutions then please give me solution.
thanks from fawwad

I want to use the close function. But the firefox browser does not accept this function. How can i close the firefox window with the javascript function. Tell me as soon as possible.

this event also fires when anyone clicks on any link on page to navigate away to other page.

any other solution???


Surjit Dadhwal

What i want to do is to catch browser closing event , to log some user connexion data from session into DB. I tried with the unload and beforeunload javascript event but this is also triggered when navigating trough pages or links. Does anybody have a solution for this?

try this:

http://forums.devarticles.com/javascript-development-22/how-to-stop-browser-from-closing-using-javascript-8458.html


reply / email me if this helps...

kay_ahr@yahoo.com

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