- From: Mike Wilson <mikewse@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:53:10 +0100
- To: "'Boris Zbarsky'" <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>, "'Shropshire, Andrew A'" <shropshire@att.com>
- Cc: <public-webapps@w3.org>
Boris Zbarsky wrote: > Shropshire, Andrew A wrote: > > 1. Allow the unload event to be cancellable from script. This > > will allow web designers to recreate the modal flavor of > > desktop apps like MS Excel that prompt with "Yes/No Cancel" > > when there are unsaved changes. > > Doesn't the onbeforeunload event do this? Or is your issue > wanting to change the text and/or provide that one extra option > (instead of the two dialogs one would need right now to give all > three of Yes/No/Cancel as options)? If so, would it make sense to > extend onbeforeunload to do what you want instead of changing > unload? Yes, that's the way I would go. I've also wanted to be able to customize the onbeforeunload dialog in some projects. There's some write-up here: http://www.openajax.org/runtime/wiki/Enhanced_support_for_dialogs Care must be taken though to ensure there is always a way to continue even if a custom dialog in an evil page "removes" the Continue option. Best regards Mike Wilson
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