Thanks Nathan, I'll give this solution a go if I don't figure out any simpler way. Also, it's not like I don't want to replace the attached event, because I do – that's the whole point.
@Guillermo, no "beforeunload" is not what I'm looking for – using it wouldn't help me in any way I'm afraid. Best, Oskar On Dec 21, 4:19 am, nwhite <[email protected]> wrote: > What if you had a LinkManager class. Instead of using addEvent you have > something like 'register' where you pass the element and your html obj. If > the element has already been 'registered' in your class, just ignore. Else > attach whatever you need. > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Guillermo Rauch <[email protected]> wrote: > > Events don't get overwritten, you can add multiple events to the same > > element.Plus, I think the beforeunload event is what you're looking for. > > > window.addEvent('beforeunload', function() { > > if(MySite.hasToStop) return 'Your document has not been saved.'; > > }); > > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Oskar Krawczyk <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > >> Hi Folks, hope you're well! > > >> Please consider the scenario below: > > >> 1. A user gets a form he might or might not fill. > > >> 2. If a user has modified the field, every link on the webpage should > >> get an event applied to itself. > > >> 3. Clicking on one of the links would display a popup (a html one, not > >> the alert() thing) asking for confirmation whether we want to leave > >> the page without saving or not. > > >> 4. Now, in some cases a link on the page would already have an event > >> attached – bummer, it gets overwritten by the new one and we're left > >> with out pants down. > > >> You can see my pain. I was considering storing the default event – > >> this.store('default:event', e) – but that would clearly work only when > >> the actual event gets triggered. > > >> Maybe it's the late hour but I don't see any easy solution to get > >> successfully through the scenario. > > >> Any suggestions? > > >> Best, > >> Oskar > > > -- > > Guillermo Rauch > >http://devthought.com
