onbeforeunload event and javascript protocol

[Matthew Solnit]

<a href='javascript: window.alert("hello world!");'>Click here</a>


In IE 5.5, clicking this link will cause the window.onbeforeunload() event to
fire. Is this a bug? Is there any workaround?

According to MSDN, the onbeforeunload event should fire only if the <A> "refers
the browser to another Web page".

-- Matthew Solnit

[Stuart]

Matthew,
it seems like it is an error but it is m$ after all!

The following code will execute the javascript statement and the onBeforeUnLoad
event won't be fired.

<a href="nowhere.html" onClick="JavaScript:window.alert('hello world!');return
false;">Click here</a>

Let me know if this isn't what you are after.

Stu.

"Matthew Solnit" <msolnit@nospam.yahoo-com> wrote:
><a href='javascript: window.alert("hello world!");'>Click here</a>
>
>
>In IE 5.5, clicking this link will cause the window.onbeforeunload() event
to
>fire. Is this a bug? Is there any workaround?
>
>According to MSDN, the onbeforeunload event should fire only if the <A>
"refers
>the browser to another Web page".
>
>-- Matthew Solnit
>
>

[Matthew Solnit]

"Stuart" <stuartv@prologic.com.au> wrote in message
news:3b562f12$1@news.devx.com...
> The following code will execute the javascript statement and the
onBeforeUnLoad
> event won't be fired.
>
> <a href="nowhere.html" onClick="JavaScript:window.alert('hello world!');return
> false;">Click here</a>

Thanks for your reply. We have been doing something very similar. The only
difference is that we use href="#" instead, so that the status bar does not show
a fake URL during a mouseover.

Just out of curiousity, do you know if other browsers behave as expected?

-- Matthew Solnit