Modifying a global variable from <a href>
- by a_m0d
I have created some code to popup a confirm dialog if a user tries to leave a page without saving their changes. However, I don't want the confirmation dialog to popup if the user has clicked the "Save" button.
I have some code at the top of my file which looks like this:
var confirmClose = false;
window.onbeforeunload = function(evt) {
if (confirmClose == true) {
message = "There are unsaved changes on this page. Are you sure you wish to leave?";
if (typeof evt == 'undefined') {
evt = window.event;
}
if (evt) {
evt.returnValue = message;
}
return message;
}
}
Further down on the page I have a link which looks like this:
<a href="javascript:confirmClose=false;$('#stockForm').submit()" title="Save" class="button positive" id="stockFormSubmit">Save</a>
However, this doesn't seem to work - it doesn't seem to change the value of confirmClose, and changing it to window.confirmClose didn't help either.
What am I doing wrong here?
