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How to trigger a warning pop-up when leaving/refreshing/closing a page?

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philippwr
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Hi guys,

Is there a setting or an add-on that triggers a warning pop-up if I want to leave/refresh/close a page in which I had been editing a form?

It would be great if this could be switched on for specific domains only, but it would already be helpful to just switch this feature on in general. I‘m working with a website where many times information gets lost because page is left by accident.

I haven‘t found a solution so far. Thanks very much in advance!

Hi guys, Is there a setting or an add-on that triggers a warning pop-up if I want to leave/refresh/close a page in which I had been editing a form? It would be great if this could be switched on for specific domains only, but it would already be helpful to just switch this feature on in general. I‘m working with a website where many times information gets lost because page is left by accident. I haven‘t found a solution so far. Thanks very much in advance!

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Hi philippwr, I'm not sure about a warning pop-up but, have you tried Pinning the tab?

Right click on the tab and select Pin Tab

Here's more information:

Pinned Tabs - keep favorite websites open and just a click away https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pinned-tabs-keep-favorite-websites-open

cor-el
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Some website do this via an onbeforeunload event (about:config -> dom.disable_beforeunload = true), but you can't add this for other website.

There are extensions that can backup data you typed, so maybe look for such a workaround to prevent losing what you typed in case you accidentally close a tab and "History -> Recently Closed Tabs" doesn't help.