I am creating an HTML printable quiz and test maker and I would like to confirm "Are you sure you want to close this window?" when the user attempts to close the window. If they click ok it closes, but if they click cancel it does not.

I need this to work in IE and Chrome.

I am creating an HTML printable quiz and test maker and I would like to confirm "Are you sure you want to close this window?" when the user attempts to close the window. If they click ok it closes, but if they click cancel it does not.

I need this to work in IE and Chrome.

• javascript
• html
• window

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• 4 You're probably looking for developer.mozilla/en-US/docs/DOM/window.onbeforeunload – j08691 Commented Mar 22, 2013 at 20:39

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window.onbeforeunload = function(e) {
    return 'some prompt text';
};

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