How to determine if onbeforeunload has been caused by clicking a link in Chrome

Question

The problem is as follows.

onbeforeunload works like a charm in Firefox and has e.explicitOriginalTarget.activeElementthat shows what element has been clicked to cause it.

window.onbeforeunload = function(e){
if (e.explicitOriginalTarget.activeElement){
    return;
}

In Chrome the 'e' object looks identical when you close the window or click the link. Is there any way to determine the target in chrome?

Answer 1

Late response, I know, but you can always try this (confirmed working in IE):

target = document.activeElement;
alert(target.href);

Just showing you that you can grab the active element and then just parse the href to figure out what is happening.