kickoff script when browser closes

[OhioSteve]

I want a script to start when either of these things happen:

1) The user closes this tab.
2) The user closes this instance of their browser.

How can I do that? I found a list of javascript events(

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_events.asp).

Unfortunately, I don't see anything like "onTabClose" or "onBrowserQuit".

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

onunload

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Or perhaps even onbeforeunload if your browser supports it.

Dan



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[OhioSteve]

onunload happens whenever the page changes. I want to run my script ONLY if the user closes the browser instance or the current browser tab.

 

[OhioSteve]

If the user simply follows a hyperlink the script should not run.

 

[feherke]

Hi

What happens to the application is not the document's business. It will not receive such information.

Feherke.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Then I will stick my neck on the line and say you cannot do this at all, cross browser.

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[feherke]

Hi

However you can mess abit to achieve something similar.
[ul]
[li]Set [tt]onunload[/tt] on the [tt]window[/tt] object.[/li]
[li]Set [tt]onclick[/tt] on all [tt]a[/tt] element. In the [tt]onclick[/tt] handler remove the [tt]onunload[/tt] listener.[/li]
[/ul]
No idea what you will achieve that way...

Feherke.

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[OhioSteve]

Actually, it only needs to work with IE7. This is an Intranet application, and I work with the users every day.