Prevent User to reload page using jquery or javascript

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Prevent any form of page refresh using jQuery/Javascript

how can i prevent user to reload (refresh) html page using javascript or jquery.

after loading the page for the first time, i want to prevent user reload the page either by press F5 or refresh from browser or by any way.

Can i do that?

Note: i try window.onbeforeunload, but i didn't know how to stop window.onload event from it.

Any help?

This other SO page answers your question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3527041/prevent-any-form-of-page-refresh-using-jquery-javascript — C0deH4cker, Jun 19 '12 at 05:36
_"using javascript or jquery"_ - Note: if it can't be done with JS then it can't be done with jQuery... — nnnnnn, Jun 19 '12 at 05:40
i know that but i mean that if i can do that by jquery i better for me to do it by javascript — Georgian Citizen, Jun 19 '12 at 05:53
C0deH4cker, i try http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3527041/prevent-any-form-of-page-refresh-using-jquery-javascript but after an alert asks me to stay in the page or leave it, if i choose stay it works fine, but if i choose leave it calls th onload event also, and that i don't need it — Georgian Citizen, Jun 19 '12 at 05:58
@mbayloon you cant stop the page from reloading, if the user wants it to. Check out my answer below.. — gopi1410, Jun 19 '12 at 06:01

gopi1410 · Answer 1 · 2012-06-19T05:49:27.010

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It is not possible to stop the user from page reload/page close if the user wants it. Two methods which you can use are as follows:

You can ask for a confirmation like this:

<script>
window.onbeforeunload = function (e) {
e = e || window.event;

// For IE and Firefox prior to version 4
if (e) {
    e.returnValue = 'Sure?';
}

// For Safari
return 'Sure?';
};
</script>

Here is the fiddle for above: http://jsfiddle.net/gopi1410/NujmL/

You can preventDefault on pressing of F5 key using:

document.onkeydown = function(event) {
  if(window.event){
        event.preventDefault();
  }
}

edited Jun 19 '12 at 05:49

answered Jun 19 '12 at 05:36

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i try your answer, but as i said, my problem is to avoid calling windows.onload – Georgian Citizen Jun 19 '12 at 06:17
@mbayloon Thats impossible, as mentioned in both the above answers. – gopi1410 Jun 19 '12 at 06:19

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '12 at 05:33

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No, you can't. If a user wants to reload a page you cannot stop them.

answered Jun 19 '12 at 05:33

Quentin

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