'beforeunload' Chrome Issue

Question

I have this simple piece of code -

$(window).bind(\'beforeunload\', function(){
    alert(\"Good Bye\")
});

Works great with Firefox, IE8 but

Answer 1

Try this for all Browsers:-

window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function (e) {

  var confirmationMessage = "\o/";     
  e.returnValue = confirmationMessage;           
  return confirmationMessage;       

});