That's perfect! Thanks James.
James Thomas wrote:
>
> Close ... try this:
>
> $("a").click(function(){return alertSave($(this).attr("href"));});
>
> function alertSave(url) {
> var dataControl = $('#changedAppointments').attr("value");
> if (dataControl.length > 0) {
> if (confirm("You have made changes to this date which have not
> been
> saved.\n\nAre you sure you want to navigate from this page?")) {
> document.location = url;
> return true;
> } else return false;
> }
> }
>
>
> smeranda wrote:
>>
>> Still no luck, this is what I have:
>>
>> $("a").click(function(){alertSave($(this).attr("href"));});
>>
>> function alertSave(url) {
>> var dataControl = $('#changedAppointments').attr("value");
>> if (dataControl.length > 0) {
>> if (confirm("You have made changes to this date which have not
>> been
>> saved.\n\nAre you sure you want to navigate from this page?")) {
>> document.location = url;
>> } else return false;
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> James Thomas wrote:
>>>
>>> You need to return false if you don't want something to happen. so if
>>> (confirm('whatever')) { do_whatever(); } else return false;
>>>
>>> smeranda wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When a user clicks a link and a form field currently has data, a
>>>> confirmation box appears. This is close to working, but if a user
>>>> clicks 'cancel' the browser still redirects to the a href URL. What am
>>>> I doing wrong?
>>>>
>>>> $("a").click(function(){alertSave($(this).attr("href"));});
>>>>
>>>> function alertSave(url) {
>>>> var dataControl = $('#changedAppointments').attr("value");
>>>> if (dataControl.length > 0) {
>>>> if (confirm("You have made changes to this date which have not
>>>> been
>>>> saved.\n\nAre you sure you want to navigate from this page?")) {
>>>> document.location = url;
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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