Prevent the default page-refresh behavior of key F5 in IE and others

[johnjsforum]

Buddies,
I want to prevent the default behavior of the F5 key for my web page in Internet Explorer and other browsers. Please give me some ideas to do that. By default, in the browsers, when users hit key F5 (on their keyboard), a web page will be reloaded or refreshed. I do not want such behavior happens when users hit F5.
Thanks in advance.
johnaspnet

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Do you also want to stop users using the browser refresh features (e.g. refresh button, right-click and "refresh", etc), or just stop F5 from refreshnig so you can use it for some other purpose?

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[BabyJeffy]

You can't, anyway. The closest you will be able to get is the solution I recently posted in the FAQ section faq216-6708.

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[johnjsforum]

Thanks for your posts.
I successfully make other reloading/refreshing-made factors on my window popup such as "hide reload/refresh button", "right mouse context menu click". The rest is I am looing for a solution that prevents "F5 default behavior" from its reloading/refreshing when users hit it.

The reason I'd like to do for my window popup menu is I'd like the "unload" event happens only one time WHEN users hit the top-right-corner X button on IE, FF, or others. I do not want that event happens when users hit F5.

By the way, I am not sure whether the "beforeunload" event is browser-cross one. It works for IE, FF, Opera, NetScape, etc? It works for new and old versions od such browser? The "beforeunload" event is mentioned in article " FAQ216-6708: How to prevent page reloading with a non-submitted form."

 

[BabyJeffy]

I wrote that article. It works in Safari, Firefox, IE6, IE7 that I know of (Mac and Windows). You can copy-paste the demo page and try it yourself on other browsers to test it. I would be interested in your results.

Cheers,
Jeff

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[Einstein47]

I know that the knee jerk reaction is to try to prevent a user's browser from doing something you don't want. However, to truly program for the web, you need to think of how to preserve the integrity of your web site and data regardless of the user's actions.

Instead of preventing the "back button" or "F5", you should find a way to keep your site solid in all user conditions.

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