Close Editor Warning

[mrrmrenfield]

Is there a plugin that warns the user if they are about to close a browser window that currently is on the Proboards post editor window? 

This way, if a person has lots of text they entered in, and are also flipping between browser tabs, and if they accidentally close the tab they are editing in, they dont lose all of their text ....

thanks!

[mrrmrenfield]

I saw the caching feature, i was just wondering if there was a way to warn of leaving or closing the page...

[Brian]

Hi, mrrmrenfield .

I played around a bit and came up with this. It can go in your forum's Global Header.

<script type="text/javascript">
    // Prompt users before closing posting page if they've typed anything
    $(document).on('wysiwygcreate',function(){
        var checkEditor = setInterval(function(){
            if(($('#menu-item-visual').hasClass('ui-active') && ($('.visual-editor > iframe')[0].contentWindow.document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].innerHTML.length && $('.visual-editor > iframe')[0].contentWindow.document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].innerHTML != '<br>')) || ($('#menu-item-bbcode').hasClass('ui-active') && $('.ui-wysiwyg .editors .bbcode-editor textarea').val().length))
                window.onbeforeunload = function() { return true; };
            else
                window.onbeforeunload = false;
        },500);
        $('.new-area form').submit(function(){ window.onbeforeunload = false; });
    });
</script>

[mrrmrenfield]

Bang on!

That does the trick, thanks!

[Chrissiest Chris]

It gives a warning when you click Create Post as well. Can I get rid of that?

[Brian]

Sept 29, 2016 2:07:30 GMT -8 Chrissiest Chris said:

It gives a warning when you click Create Post as well. Can I get rid of that?

Edited my post with a newer code.

[Chrissiest Chris]

ah yes, it did the trick. Thanks.