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Callback from closing window does not fire?

in Using jQuery • 8 years ago

Hi everyone,

I am working on a cms and I have a button which will open a window where the users can input data.

I bound a beforeunload event, but it does not always work.

Anyone have any ideas? Here is my code:

$('#addText').live('click', function(e) {
$(window.open("http://www.website.com/cms/addText.html", "mywindow", "menubar=1,resizable=1,width=550,height=450")).bind('beforeunload', function() {
$(this).unbind('beforeunload');
loadFreshContent('text');
});
});

Those two lines don't get called when I close the window, at least not always:

$(this).unbind('beforeunload');
loadFreshContent('text');

Thanks in advance for any help and tips!

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Replies(2)

Kevin B

Re: Callback from closing window does not fire?

8 years ago

It's a race condition.

There is a way around it, i just can't remember what it was

-- Kevin

jQuery_bender

Re: Re: Callback from closing window does not fire?

8 years ago

humm I see this issue coming up on google a couple times but I cannot find a solution to it ether.

Do you know a more reliable way to call a function once the window closes?

- I tried with a timer to check every second if it is closed, but it always got called multiple times that way...

Let me know if you find anything!