jQuery ajax call in onunload handler firing AFTER getting the page on a manual refresh. How do I guarantee onunload happens first?

Question

I have a situation where on page unload I am firing a request to delete the draft of a user\'s work. This works fine until a user chooses to refresh the page, whereupon ins

Answer 1

You can try using window.onbeforeunload instead, though I'm not sure if it's implemented in all browsers.