onUnload and window.close

[stevelazow]

I am trying to execute some javascript code only when a window is closed, but not when there is a transition from one page to another. onUnload is the same for both. Is there something that I can access that changes when a user closes the window, but not when he page just changes?

 

[dwarfthrower]

Not inherently no.

You can however, set up your links so that they switch a global variable from true to false when clicked.
eg:

var runCloseCode = true;

<a href="somepage.html" onclick="runCloseCode=false;">Linky</a>

Then you can check to see if [tt]runCloseCode[/tt] is still true when the page unloads. If it is, most likely they've closed their window or typed in a new address and you can run your code begging them to stay on your site or fill in your survey etc.

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