Event to know when a browser is closed

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I have a website with mutliple tabs and with multiple menu items with a master page.How to know when the browser/tab is closed.I need to close a thread on browser close. I Haved tried this event "text/javascript" > window.addEventListener( 'beforeunload' , function (e) { e.preventDefault(); e.returnValue = '' ; }); This event is getting invoked when i am moving from one tab to other and even from one menu item to other.I want to know only when the the browser/tab is getting closed.

Smile · Answer

Amit sry to ask this question but where to write the below code u have posted "ConfirmClose()" onunload= "HandleOnClose()" > i have written in as below $(document).ready(function () { var myclose = false; function ConfirmClose() { if (event.clientY event.returnValue = 'You have closed the browser. Do you want to logout from your application?'; setTimeout('myclose=false', 10); myclose = true; } } function HandleOnClose() { if (myclose == true) { //the url of your logout page which invalidate session on logout location.replace('/contextpath/j_spring_security_logout'); } } //event.preventDefault(); //BindLanguages(); //trainstatus(); }); but still its not working

Amit Mohanty · Answer

Hey try this "ConfirmClose()" onunload= "HandleOnClose()" > var myclose = false ; function ConfirmClose() { if ( event .clientY { event .returnValue = 'You have closed the browser. Do you want to logout from your application?' ; setTimeout( 'myclose=false' ,10); myclose= true ; } } function HandleOnClose() { if (myclose== true ) { //the url of your logout page which invalidate session on logout location.replace( '/contextpath/j_spring_security_logout' ) ; } } Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16584663/how-to-detect-the-page-close-event-with-asp-net

Salman Beg · Answer

check these links, https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-detect-browser-or-tab-closing-in-javascript/ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3888902/detect-browser-or-tab-closing Thanks.

Event to know when a browser is closed

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