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Asked: 2026-06-11T18:06:57+00:00

I am writing for some adivce on a javascript I made for a xhtml

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I am writing for some adivce on a javascript I made for a xhtml page. I got it to mostly work on IE, FF and chrome (Safari still giving me some grief but thats another subject.) The problem I am having is that IE would run the beforeunload event even when someone is submitting a form which is not something i want to happen because the beforeunload script would cause the information to be reseted. It even does it when I press F5 which isn’t something I want either. Now FF and Chrome aren’t having that problem when the form is submitted don’t know why though. Here is the code I have written so far. 

<script type="text/javascript"> 
window.onbeforeunload = function() {
var hiddenBtn = document.getElementById("kioskform:broswerCloseSubmit");
return  hiddenBtn.click();
           }   </script>

Just wondering how to go about this any advice is very appreciated thank you.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Define a html hidden variable. Assign a value to when the user submits the form. Then in your unload function, check that hidden variable. If it’s populated with whatever value, then leave the function. 

    <script type="text/javascript"> 
 window.onbeforeunload = function() {
  if (document.getElementById("wasformsubmitted").value != "Y") {
    var hiddenBtn = document.getElementById("kioskform:broswerCloseSubmit");
    return  hiddenBtn.click();
  }
}   
function SetSubmitVariables()
{
 document.getElementById("wasformsubmitted").value = "Y";
 return true;
}
</script>
<body>
  <form ... onsubmit="return SetSubmitVariables();">
    <input type="hidden" id="wasformsubmitted" value="N" />
    ... 
  </form>
</body>
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