How to stop execution after changing window.location?

Question

Say I have some mobile check at the very top of my script:

if (isMobile) {
    window.location.href = '/m/' + window.location.pathname + window.location.search;
}

And I also have some metrics down the code (or even in some other module that is loaded asynchronously) that are being sent to my metrics server.

My question is: how can I stop execution of everything that goes below my window.location change? Or even better, how to stop the whole javascript engine so that it doesn't execute any other asynchronously loaded modules?

I know that I can do mobile proxying in many different ways, but in this task my mobile redirect must be run on the client side, it is a given.

have you tried return false; after that. – Harsh Sanghani May 06 '16 at 13:26 — Harsh Sanghani, May 06 '16 at 13:26

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered May 06 '16 at 13:26

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if (isMobile) {
    window.location.href = '/m/' + window.location.pathname + window.location.search;
    return;
}

answered May 06 '16 at 13:26

danilonet

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score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 25 '17 at 20:44

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It's simple: return false...

if (isMobile) {
    window.location.href = '/m/' + window.location.pathname + window.location.search;
    return false;
}

edited Aug 25 '17 at 20:44

user664833

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answered May 06 '16 at 13:27

Mojtaba

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score -3 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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There is exit() function implemented in javascript.

How to terminate the script in Javascript

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

Community

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answered May 06 '16 at 14:10

Medet Ahmetson Atabayev

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It's not implemented in JavaScript; it's a (discontinued) user-created script. – Mitya Mar 30 '18 at 12:41

How to stop execution after changing window.location?

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