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Do stuff when user exits site.
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<!-- This is a short demo how js could detect whether a user wants to leave the site. | |
Tested with Firefox and Chrome. (c) Christoph Martel <[email protected]> --> | |
<!doctype html> | |
<html> | |
<head> | |
<meta charset="utf-8"> | |
<title></title> | |
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script> | |
<script type="text/javascript"> | |
/* flag signaling whether the user wants to leave the site; | |
needs to default false to exclude page reloads or true to include | |
cases where user entered new url in tab */ | |
var leaving = true; | |
/* bind all clicks to links to a is_leaving function */ | |
$(document).ready(function() { | |
$('a').bind('click', is_leaving); | |
}); | |
/* set flag: true if clicked link is external, false otherwise*/ | |
function is_leaving() { | |
// do better tests here if necessary | |
leaving = this.href.indexOf('http://') > -1; | |
} | |
/* callback for unload event */ | |
function page_unload_or_hidden(evt) | |
{ | |
// test whether the flag shows the users intention about leaving | |
if (leaving) { | |
// do this or whatever you want | |
window.open('http://www.codeways.org'); | |
} | |
} | |
/* set the callbacks for unload or unload-like events*/ | |
if ('onpagehide' in window) { | |
// webkit | |
window.addEventListener('pagehide', page_unload_or_hidden, false); | |
} else { | |
// gecko + ie | |
window.addEventListener('unload', page_unload_or_hidden, false); | |
} | |
</script> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<div role="main"> | |
<p><a href="http://www.google.de">Google</a></p> | |
<p><a href="http://www.slashdot.org">Slashdot</a></p> | |
<p><a href="./exit-notice.html">Stay on site</a></p> | |
</div> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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Do some stuff when user exits site.