Repeating confirm boxes

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Repeating confirm boxes

someone788

10:56 pm on May 9, 2006 (gmt 0)

Hello all, I have the following script:

function onul() {
if (times == 0) {
var leave = confirm(your_message);
if (!leave) location = self.location;
times++;
}
}
//-->
</script>

When a user leaves a page, it asks if they really want to, and they have the option of selecting OK or cancel.

I'm wondering how to make it so when you press OK, it will just display the same alert again, and when cancel is selected it will stay on the page, not displaying the alert again unless they try to leave the page. Yes sort of like a trap, don't ask ;)

Thanks!

Fotiman

2:10 pm on May 10, 2006 (gmt 0)

Not that I approve of such behavior, but if you wanted to it would probably be as simple as:

function onul() {
var leave = confirm(your_message);
if( leave ) onul();
location = self.location;
}
//-->
</script>

someone788

4:20 am on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

Hm, I should have probably mentioned that this was for a demonstration page where users know what is going to happen to them, but either way that script doesn't seem to be working.

kaled

10:42 am on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

If a browser has been tested properly by its designers, this will be impossible. All that is required by the programmer is to set a flag when onunload is triggered that effectively disables functions such as changing the location. However, depending on how the basic code were written, it might not even be necessary.

Kaled.