retrieving the user input from the onbeforeunload dialog

Hi,

Im trying to capture the value the user inputs into the dialog box
brought up when the onBeforeUnload event is given an
event.ReturnValue.

If the user selects ok i dont need to do anything but if he selects
cancel (stay on the same page) I want to change the value of a
variable.

Is this possible,

Any advice would be helpful,

Cheers,

haymansfield

haymansfield DeleteThis @googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> Im trying to capture the value the user inputs into the dialog box
> brought up when the onBeforeUnload event is given an
> event.ReturnValue.
> If the user selects ok i dont need to do anything but if he selects
> cancel (stay on the same page) I want to change the value of a
> variable. Is this possible,
> Any advice would be helpful,
> Cheers,
> haymansfield

This might be useful to you, I use an approach from this page:

http://forums.devarticles.com/javascript-development-22/how-to-stop-br...er-from

function exitcheck(){
if (quit()) {
// user clicked OK
// do what you want here...
}else{
//user clicked CANCEL
// do what you want here...
}
}

function quit() {
if (confirm('Quit ?')){
return true;
}else{
return false;
}
}
window.onbeforeunload = exitcheck;