need to perform ok as a cancel in event.returnValue

[nareshreddy]

Hi i am using the below code to close the window and i l get promt when click on 'X' button on ie browser with OK and Cancel buttons.

if i click ok window will be closed, if i click cancel window wont close.

what i need is if i click ok also it should perform as a cancel and the window should not close.

thanks in advance.

[HTML]<SCRIPT FOR = "window" EVENT = "onbeforeunload">
event.returnValue = "If you wish to keep this session alive, click the cancel button, open another browser window, and repeat your action.";
</SCRIPT>[/HTML]

[acoder]

That OK is there for a reason, so that the user can choose to go his merry way without being forced to stay on the website.

Your use of onbeforeunload is IE-only and will not work with other browsers that also support it. Use something like:

window.onbeforeunload = confirmExit;
function confirmExit() {
    return "If you wish to keep this session alive, click the cancel button...";
}

[nareshreddy]

That OK is there for a reason, so that the user can choose to go his merry way without being forced to stay on the website.

Your use of onbeforeunload is IE-only and will not work with other browsers that also support it. Use something like:

window.onbeforeunload = confirmExit;
function confirmExit() {
    return "If you wish to keep this session alive, click the cancel button...";
}

Thanks for ur reply,

ur code not works.

here what i need is i want to disable the close 'X' button in IE6, and it is not possible.
instead of that i am writing event.returnValue=""; here i need to perform cancel operation if u click OK also.

[acoder]

ur code not works.

here what i need is i want to disable the close 'X' button in IE6, and it is not possible.
instead of that i am writing event.returnValue=""; here i need to perform cancel operation if u click OK also.

I know it doesn't work for that purpose. I was just giving you a cross-browser version for what you already have.

Let me explain again. If it were possible to make OK behave as cancel, it would be possible to prevent the user from ever leaving the site (which would be extremely annoying). They could disable JavaScript, of course, but it's annoying nonetheless.

You have no control over the OK and cancel buttons. The prompt itself appears automatically.

Why do you need this 'functionality'?