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How can I detect when the user is leaving my site, not just going to a different page?

rated 0 times [ 165] [ 1] / answers: 1 / hits: 21353 / 13 Years ago, tue, august 23, 2011, 12:00:00

I have a handler for onbeforeunload

window.onbeforeunload = unloadMess;

function unloadMess(){

  var conf = confirm(Wait! Before you go, please share your stories or experiences on the message forum.);

    if(conf){

    window.location.href = http://www.domain.com/message-forum;

    }

}

but I'm not sure how to know if the url they clicked on the page is within the site.

I just want them to alert them if they will leave the site.

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answered 13 Years ago ignacio · Accepted Answer

It's not possible to do this 100% reliably, but if you detect when the user has clicked on a link on your page, you could use that as a mostly-correct signal. Something like this:

window.localLinkClicked = false;



$(a).live(click, function() {

    var url = $(this).attr(href);



    // check if the link is relative or to your domain

    if (! /^https?://./.test(url) || /https?://yourdomain.com/.test(url)) {

        window.localLinkClicked = true;

    }

});



window.onbeforeunload = function() {

    if (window.localLinkClicked) {

        // do stuff

    } else {

        // don't

    }

}