Thanks Karl. I can see the potential issues with providing a hook at the point a user tries to leave a page. I will try your other suggestion though. Thanks.
On 10 Nov, 01:22, "Karl Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unfortunately you have to use the "built in" window.onbeforeunload method. > > Yes it does look like crap but it's the standard box and if the > browsers allowed you to just do anything when someone tried to close a > window it would be more of a security risk (think uncloseable > windows). > > The only time you "have" to use the onbeforeunload is to handle the > user either closing the window on using some of the other browser > buttons (back, forward, etc). > > For everything else you can get away with tagging each link (or > button) on the page with a handler that checks to see if it should put > up a dialogue. > > Karl Rudd > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:51 AM, manwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi All > > > I am trying to warn a user about unsaved changes when they attempt to > > leave a page. I can catch and prompt using the built in OnBeforeUnload > > dialog, but it looks sh*t and has some annoying standard text that is > > of no use to me. I have tried to bind to the BeforeUnload event using > > jQuery in order to show a modal dialog, but I cannot find any way to > > get it working. Is it even possible? > > > Thanks for any advice. > > > :)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
