window exit event

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I noticed when trawling the web for an answer that what sounded (to a relative newbie) like the easiest way of acting on a window being exited (window.unload()) was deprecated in a previous version of jQuery. is anyone aware of a (simple) way to do this using either Javascript or jQuery events with the current version of jQuery?

Edit: by this, I mean doing something when the user exits (or tries to exit) the webpage. Sorry for any ambiguity

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2076299/how-to-close-current-tab-in-a-browser-window — Austin, Aug 07 '14 at 19:57
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1631959/browser-window-close-event — Dănuț Mihai Florian, Aug 07 '14 at 20:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 07 '14 at 20:02

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You can use window.onbeforeunload like:

window.onbeforeunload = function() {
    return "Bye now!";
};

answered Aug 07 '14 at 20:02

jontewks

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