This is such a valuable UX pattern! I've implemented similar functionality and the user feedback is always positive. The beforeunload event handling you've shown is spot on. Pro tip: consider also implementing a draft auto-save mechanism alongside this to give users extra peace of mind. The combination of unsaved change alerts + auto-drafts creates a really robust content preservation system.
Excellent article Robiul, Thank you for sharing this. Will definately try these alternatives, one quick question - Do you this will also work with browser close? If not do you know a reliable way where we can do API call on browser close reliably?
Thanks for your good word Siddharth. Regarding your question, yes, this will work for browser close in the same way. Also, it will work for all major browsers.
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This is such a valuable UX pattern! I've implemented similar functionality and the user feedback is always positive. The beforeunload event handling you've shown is spot on. Pro tip: consider also implementing a draft auto-save mechanism alongside this to give users extra peace of mind. The combination of unsaved change alerts + auto-drafts creates a really robust content preservation system.