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Feature Request: Warn Users about leaving a page when in an LF Form

Forms Version 9 Ideas

Updated April 16, 2015

asked on March 18, 2015

If you try entering in a reply here on Answers, and leave the page without submitting (or try to refresh the page without submitting) then you get a warning like so:

I however do not get that on Laserfiche Forms. I would like this functionality though as it appears some of our clients have been experiencing situations in which the screen appears to refresh somehow while they are filling in a form. While we cannot tell for sure if this is a Laserfiche issue or a workstation issue, this functionality would be helpful in reducing the opportunity for the form to suddenly blank itself unless the user actually intended to do so.

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replied on April 15, 2015

Hi there,

Try adding the following script in your form javascript

$(window).bind('beforeunload', function () {
  return "Don't Leave!";
});

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replied on April 15, 2015

But can we get it added to the actually software so its not every time but just when they arent hitting the submit button?

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replied on April 15, 2015

Hi Ken,

We'll consider this and improve it in future version.

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replied on April 15, 2015

is there a proper unbind method we can use for when a user hits submit?

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replied on April 16, 2015

How can I test to see if the current webpage is the review page, like when you submit, it will warn when you try to close the page. Once submitted though I do not want it to warn me. What variable is on the page after the submission that I can test before the bind is run?

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