GlobalEventHandlers.onabort

An event handler for abort events sent to the window. (Not available with Firefox 2 or Safari)

TODO define what "abort" is. Closing the window via window manager? Stopping the load of the page? By which means and reasons (user, network/server)? At which stages would it fire / be catched? For IE, onabort is only available with img tags.

Syntax

window.onabort =funcRef

• funcRef: Reference to a function

Example

window.onabort = function() {
  alert("Load aborted.");
}

Specification

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'onabort' in that specification.	Living Standard

Browser Compatibility